Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely deregulated environment, but recently governments have shown great interest in this rapidly developing sector and are imposing regulations for a variety of reasons that are...

Chapter 1. Civilizations -- Part I. Applied Econometrics -- Chapter 2. A Different Approach to Deriving Price and Income Elasticities: Applications to Telecommunications -- Chapter 3. A Cross-Country Analysis of ICT: Diffusion & Global Competitiveness -- Chapter 4. Adoption of E-Commerce by...

The Federal Communications Commission recently implemented rules to promote “network neutrality.” This paper attempts to answer three questions concerning these rules: (1) What economic problem do the rules supposedly address? What does economic theory indicate about the risks of...

We present the findings of economic research regarding the issues surrounding net neutrality and regulation of the internet under Title II of the Communications Act. Our purpose here is to review what has been demonstrated in the economics literature rather than to advocate particular decisions...

The recent growth of the Internet is creating markets for broadband telecommunications networks. In the past, virtually all such 'infrastructure' networks have been subject to government regulation. Two reasons advanced for this market intervention are (i) such networks constitute a natural...