How should regulators approach the competitive transformation of network industries? The temptation is to "manage" the competitive transition to determine the outcome of competition. Thus, paradoxically, deregulation often brings increased regulatory intervention in the marketplace and correspondingly greater administrative costs and market inefficiencies. The result is neither fish nor fowl,...

The merger of America Online, Inc., and Time Warner Inc. created the world’s first fully integrated media and communications company. In its analysis of the AOL-Time Warner merger, the Federal Communications Commission established that in order for the merger to be approved, AOL must make its instant messaging system...

This book provides a valuable and accessible guide to unraveling the complex world of network deregulation.

What kind of regulatory environment would best encourage telecom investment and protect U.S. consumers?

What kind of regulatory environment would best encourage telecom investment and protect U.S. consumers?

Deregulation is not to blame for the financial crisis.

This monograph shows that market forces frequently undermine attempts at regulation, but counterproductive regulation can nevertheless survive for a long time.

The FCC would advance the public interest by ruling that the ILECs are non-dominant in the mass-market broadband services market.