- Using a Market to Obtain the Efficient Allocation of Interference Rights06.01.2012
Mark Bykowsky and William Sharkey, OSP. FCC Staff Working Paper 4 (June 2012) examines possible alternatives to the current administrative...
- Potential Impacts on Communications from IPv4 Exhaustion & IPv6 Transition12.01.2010
Robert Cannon, OSP. FCC Staff Working Paper 3 (Dec 2010) discusses the Internet’s difficult migration to the new Internet Protocol...
- Maximum Impact for Minimum Subsidy: Reverse Auctions for Universal Access in Chile and India10.01.2010
Irene S. Wu, International Bureau. FCC Staff Working Paper 2 (Oct 2010) considers how U.S. government funding for universal service and...
- Transformative Choices: A Review of 70 Years of FCC Decisions 10.01.2010
Sherille Ismail, OSP FCC Staff Working Paper 1 (Oct 2010) presents a historical review of a series of pivotal FCC decisions that helped...
- Enhancing Spectrum's Value via Market-Informed Congestion Etiquettes02.01.2008
Mark Bykowsky, Kenneth Carter, Mark Olson, and William Sharkey. OSP Working Paper 41 (Feb 2008) evaluates the ability of different wireless...
- Modeling the Efficiency of Spectrum Designated to License Use and Unlicensed Operations02.01.2008
Mark Bykowsky, Mark Olson, and William Sharkey. OSP Working Paper 42 (February 2008). Obtaining the economically efficient use of spectrum...
- A Market-Based Approach to Establishing Licensing Rules: Licensed versus Unlicensed Use of Spectrum 02.01.2008
Mark Bykowsky, Mark Olson, and William Sharkey. OSP Working Paper 43 (February 2008) addresses the issue of how best to identify the most...
- The Scarcity Rationale for Regulating Traditional Broadcasting: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed03.01.2005
John Berresford. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2005-2 concludes that the Scarcity Rationale for regulating traditional broadcasting is no...
- Competition between Cable Television and Direct Broadcast Satellite – It’s More Complicated than You Think01.27.2005
Andrew Wise and Kiran Duwadi. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper No. 2005-1 (Jan 2005) is also listed as "International Bureau Working Paper No...
- A Survival Analysis of Cable Networks12.01.2004
Keith Brown. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2004-1 (Dec 2004) employs survival and duration analysis to determine how subscriber levels...
FCC Working Papers
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