The growth of wireless broadband is a bright spot in the U.S. economy, but a shortage of flexibly licensed spectrum rights could put a crimp on this expansion. Freeing up spectrum from other uses would allow greater expansion of wireless broadband and would bring substantial gains - likely in...

This filing, from the Tunney Act proceeding in the Microsoft antitrust case, assesses the legal, policy and economic implications of the DOJ-Microsoft consent decreed - the Proposed Final Judgment . We find that (a) the PFJ fails to address meaningfully the violations of law found by the U.S....

Numerous studies have demonstrated that investment in telecommunications infrastructure and other forms of information technology is the primary cause of the acceleration in productivity growth, which began in the late 1990s and has continued, unabated, to the present. Economists also recognize...

The plan announced last week in Philadelphia to create a government-owned wireless broadband network isn't needed, is economically and technologically unsound and will put the city's taxpayers at great financial risk. The Wireless Philadelphia Business Plan promises (1) ubiquitous broadband...

In this paper, we examine the costs and benefits of laws requiring businesses to notify consumers if their private data is compromised, such as the law in California and other state and federal laws recently passed or proposed. Identity theft and related frauds do not seem to be increasing in...

The case against Microsoft raises fundamental questions about the role of antitrust in the digital economy. The government has presented testimony showing that Microsoft is guilty of serious antitrust violations. The district court has now issued comprehensive Findings of Fact that leave little...