One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...

Germany’s manufacturing sector, which plays an important role for exports, has been performing well over the past decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much slower growth rates. Competition often appears to be...

A potential avalanche of “algorithmic fairness” regulations is looming that, if triggered, would thunder through our economy with one of the most significant expansions of economic and social regulation – and the power of the administrative state – in recent history. Federal and state...

Opinion polls suggest Scotland will reject independence, opening the way to a review of economic governance in the United Kingdom, a complex quasi-federal, asymmetric system of administrations and parliaments, the result of ad hoc changes over decades. One party wants telecommunications...

If the plebiscite in Scotland, due in autumn 2014, results in its independence from the United Kingdom, it is expected to become a member state of the European Union (EU). One consequence of this is that Scotland would be required, by the acquis communitaire, to create a considerable number of...

China's growing consumption is a policy objective (CCCPC, 2016), and commercial success for online retailers, such as Alibaba (Lucas, 2017) that serve China's large number of netizens. Within China's thriving social media, WeChat is a world leading innovator (Yu, 2017). With innovation of its...

This paper considers what limited roles the FCC may lawfully assume to ensure timely and fair interconnection and compensation agreements in the Internet ecosystem. The paper examines the FCC’s limited role in broadcaster-cable television retransmission consent negotiations with an eye toward...

This study takes a comprehensive look at the overall flexibility of regulatory governance in Korea, including the design, implementation, and monitoring of the many issues surrounding regulatory reform that stand in the way of innovation growth. Based on the findings of the analysis, the paper...

Private operation of port facilities is becoming increasingly common worldwide and many governments consider the privatization of public ports as a policy option. We investigate the effect of port privatization in a setting with two ports located in different countries, serving their home market...

Limited electricity restructuring has occurred in Canada. This chapter focuses on the electricity sector restructuring initiatives of Canada's most populous province, Ontario, examining the province's restructuring process and experiences, the aftermath of re-regulation and the lessons learned....