It has been argued that internet search is a two-sided process where consumer and advertiser demand form a feedback loop, an effect that has contributed to high concentration in newspapers, yellow pages and the magazine industries. This paper employs a simultaneous equations model to test for a...

Broadband diffusion varies widely among the OECD countries. In the practical policy discourse, it has been taken for granted that measures such as the stimulation of competition or unbundling can accelerate the uptake of broadband service. This paper attempts to investigate the influence of...

Non-uniform pricing equilibria are shown to dominate uniform pricing equilibria in free entry, monopolistically competitive markets with identical consumers. The non-uniform pricing equilibrium is welfare optimal. Comparisons of Cournot and non- uniform pricing equilibria in terms of the...

The contributors to this volume examine issues raised by the intersection of new communications technologies and public policy in this post-boom, post-bust era. Originally presented at the 30th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC 2002)--traditionally a...

The rapid growth of wireless communications has spurred a spirited debate over the advantages and disadvantages of alternative spectrum governance regimes. Of central concern are the merits of establishing full property rights in spectrum compared to organizing spectrum as an open commons. So...

The insightful contributions shed new light on insufficiently examined issues and highlight connections that cut across the many different domains in which such regulations operate. Building upon the framework presented by David Post – one of the first and most prominent scholars of cyber...