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This article reviews a number of the major economic issues confronting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the past year and discusses new analytic techniques that FCC economists applied to some of those issues. The article also identifies several areas in which further academic research would be valuable to this agency.
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Martin Perry is serving as FCC Chief Economist on leave from Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ. Jonathan Levy is the FCC Deputy Chief Economist and, like Evan Kwerel and Chuck Needy, works in the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis. Mark Uretsky works in the FCC’s International Bureau and Tracy Waldon in the FCC’s Media Bureau. All authors are economists except for John Williams, an engineer consultant who advises the FCC on spectrum issues.
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Kwerel, E., Levy, J., Needy, C. et al. Economic Analysis at the Federal Communications Commission. Rev Ind Organ 25, 395–430 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-004-4856-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-004-4856-7