Scott J. Wallsten

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What Are We Not Doing When We're Online?, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

While Americans are spending an increasing amount of leisure time engaged in online activities, total...

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How to Create a More Efficient Broadband Universal Service Program by Incorporating Demand and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

The existing high-cost fund suffers from two inherent flaws: it does not incorporate how much...

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The Universal Service Fund: What Do High-Cost Subsidies Subsidize?, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

The universal service program in the United States currently transfers about $7.5 billion per year...

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Residential and Business Broadband Prices Part 2: International Comparisons (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

For this project, we assemble a new dataset consisting of more than 25,000 residential and...

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Residential and Business Broadband Prices Part 1: An Empirical Analysis of Metering and Other Price Determinants (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

For this project, we assemble a new dataset consisting of more than 25,000 residential and...

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Residential and Business Broadband Prices: Data Appendix (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

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Residential Broadband Competition in the United States (with Colleen Mallahan) (2010)

This paper uses a new FCC dataset on residential broadband subscribership and speeds at the...

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Understanding International Comparisons: 2009 Update, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2009)

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The DTV Coupon Program: A Boon to Retailers, Not Consumers, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2008)

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Understanding International Broadband Comparisons, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2008)

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Broadband and Unbundling Regulations in OECD Countries, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2006)

Broadband penetration and available speeds vary widely across OECD countries. Policymakers around the world, and...

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Telecommunications Regulation in U.S. States: Its Rise and Impacts in the Early Twentieth Century, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2006)

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The Economic Costs of the War in Iraq (with Katrina Kosec) (2005)

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Broadband Penetration: An Empirical Analysis of State and Federal Policies, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2005)

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What Gets Measured Gets Done: Stop Focusing on Irrelevant Broadband Metrics, Communications of the ACM (2011)

Concerns regarding the state of U.S. broadband arises from a combination of focusing on the...

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The Path to Universal Broadband: Why We Should Grant Low-Income Subsidies and Use Experiments and Auctions to Determine the Specifics (with Gregory L. Rosston), The Economists' Voice (2011)

Gregory Rosston of Stanford University and Scott Wallsten of the Technology Policy Institute argue that...

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From Network Externalities to Broadband Growth Externalities: a Bridge not yet Built (with John W. Mayo), Review of Industrial Organization (2011)

Quantifying the impact of new technologies on economic activity has proven notoriously difﬁcult. Indeed, it...

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Pricing Strategies in a Digital World (with Laura Martin), Needham Insights (2011)

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The Future of Digital Communications Research and Policy, Federal Communications Law Journal (2010)

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Enabling Efficient Wireless Communications: The Role of Secondary Spectrum Markets (with John Mayo), Information Economics and Policy (2009)

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Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? Empirical evidence from Latin America (with George RG Clarke and Katrina Kosec), Journal of International Development (2009)

Introducing private sector participation (PSP) into the water and sewerage sectors is difficult and controversial....

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Net Neutrality, Unbundling, and their Effects on International Investment in Next-Generation Networks (with Stephanie Hausladen), Review of Network Economics (2009)

This paper examines the net neutrality debate in countries outside the U.S., particularly in the...

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An Economic Perspective on a U.S. National Broadband Plan (with Robert Hahn), Policy & Internet (2009)

This paper responds to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a...

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Measuring the Effectiveness of the Broadband Stimulus Plan, The Economists' Voice (2009)

The newly enacted economic stimulus package includes $7.2 billion to bring broadband to rural areas...

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The Economics of Pacific Bell v. linkLine Communications, Economists Ink (2008)

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Reverse Auctions and Universal Telecommunications Service: Lessons from Global Experience, Federal Communications Law Journal (2008)

The United States now spends around $7 billion on universal service programs—subsidies intended to ensure...

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The effects of ownership and benchmark competition: An empirical analysis of U.S. water systems (with Katrina Kosec), International Journal of Industrial Organization (2008)

Should governments or private firms own water systems? Can yardstick, or benchmark, competition effectively discipline...

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Review of Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkeley-Novartis Controversy, Nature (2007)

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Has the Internet Increased Trade? Developed and Developing Country Evidence (with George Clarke), Economic Inquiry (2007)

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The Economic Cost of the Iraq War, The Economists' Voice (2006)

Scott Wallsten of the American Enterprise Institute estimates that the true economic costs of the...

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The Economics of Net Neutrality (with Robert W. Hahn), The Economists' Voice (2006)

Robert Hahn and Scott Wallsten argue that mandating net neutrality, like most other forms of...

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Universal Telecommunications Service in India (with Roger G. Noll), India Policy Forum (2006)

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What Affects the Quality of Economic Analysis for Life-Saving Investments? (with Robert Hahn, Katrina Kosec, and Peter Neumann), Risk Analysis (2006)

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Returning to Victorian Competition, Ownership, and Regulation: An Empirical Study of European Telecommunications at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Journal of Economic History (2005)

This article uses an original dataset to test the effects of government monopoly service, competition,...

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Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Economic Development and Cultural Change (2005)

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New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database (with George Clarke, Luke Haggarty, Rosario Kaneshiro, Roger Noll, Mary Shirley, and Lixin Colin Xu), Review of Network Economics (2004)

We construct comprehensive and consistent datasets on telecommunications and electricity regulations in developing countries through...

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Internet Telephones: Hanging Up on Regulations? (with Robert W. Crandall, Robert W. Hahn, and Robert E. Litan), Milken Institute Review (2004)

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Privatizing Monopolies in Developing Countries: The Real Effects of Exclusivity Periods in Telecommunications, Journal of Regulatory Economics (2004)

Many developing countries have given newly privatized incumbent network utilities, especially telecommunications, exclusive rights to...

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Investment Climate in China: A Tale of Five Cities (with David Dollar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Anqing Shi, Shuilin Wang, and Lixin Colin Xu), Transition (2003)

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Of Carts and Horses: Regulation and Privatization in Telecommunications Reforms, Journal of Policy Reform (2003)

In the early 1990s, many advocated quick privatization of state‐owned monopolies in developing countries, assuming...

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Review of The State, Regulation and the Economy: An Historical Perspective, Journal of Economic History (2002)

This book is a collection of papers presented at a workshop in 1999 on the...

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An Empirical Test of Geographic Knowledge Spillovers Using Geographic Information Systems and Firm-Level Data, Regional Science and Urban Economics (2001)

Most research on economic geography focuses on large geographic areas, such as nations and states....

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An econometric analysis of telecom competition, privatization, and regulation in Africa and Latin America, Journal of Industrial Economics (2001)

This paper explores the effects of privatization, competition, and regulation on telecommunications performance in 30...

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Review of Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration, by Jonathan L. Bean, Journal of Economic History (2001)

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Telecommunications investment and traffic in developing countries: The effects of international settlement rate reforms, Journal of Regulatory Economics (2001)

In 1997 the FCC ordered sharp decreases in international settlement rates (bilaterally negotiated telecommunication rates)...

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The effects of government-industry R&D programs on private R&D: the case of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Rand Journal of Economics (2000)

I ask whether government-industry commercial R&D grants increase private R&D. Regressing some measure of innovation...

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Public-Private Technology Partnerships Promises and Pitfalls (with Joseph Stiglitz), American Behavioral Scientist (1999)

The U.S. government has a long history of supporting private sector research and development (R...

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Testimony on The Role of Government in Promoting R&D, U.S. Senate Finance Committee (2011)

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An Economic Overview of the Implications for Online Video of the Proposed Comcast-NBCU Transaction, FCC Public Hearing (2010)

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Testimony on Reforming the Universal Service High Cost Fund, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet (2009)

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Testimony for FCC en banc hearing at Carnegie Mellon University on Broadband and the Digital Future, FCC and Carnegie Mellon University (2008)

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Testimony on Broadband to Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2007)

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Debate Over 'Net Neutrality' is Misplaced (with Robert Hahn), Financial Times (2006)

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When the Saints Go Marching Out, Baltimore Sun (2005)

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A Suite Deal, Washington Times (2004)

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Cheap Net Phones Face the Threat of a Tax Hangup, San Jose Mercury News (2004)

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High Tech Cluster Bombs: Why Successful Biotech Hubs are the Exception, Not the Rule, Nature (2004)

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Digital Dreams: How Regulations Can Widen the Digital Divide, Project Syndicate (2003)

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Bring the President's Nerds Back in From the Cold (with Robert Hahn), Financial Times (2003)

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Whose Life Is Worth More? (And Why Is It Horrible to Ask?), The Washington Post (2003)

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How Globalization Stabilizes Poor Countries, Project Syndicate (2003)

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Do Science Parks Generate Regional Economic Growth?, Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond (2004)

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Universal(ly Bad) Service: Providing Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers (with George RG Clarke), Infrastructure for Poor People: Public Policy for Private Provision (2003)

Until recently, utility services (telecommunications, power, water, and gas) throughout the world were provided by...

Rethinking the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Investing in Innovation: Creating a Research and Innovation Policy That Works (1999)

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Secondary Markets: The Quiet Economic Value Creator (with John Mayo) (2011)

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SelectedWorks of Scott J. Wallsten

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Georgetown University Center for Business and Public Policy

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Working Papers

What Are We Not Doing When We're Online?, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

How to Create a More Efficient Broadband Universal Service Program by Incorporating Demand and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

The Universal Service Fund: What Do High-Cost Subsidies Subsidize?, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2011)

Residential and Business Broadband Prices Part 2: International Comparisons (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

Residential and Business Broadband Prices Part 1: An Empirical Analysis of Metering and Other Price Determinants (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

Residential and Business Broadband Prices: Data Appendix (with James Riso), Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2010)

Residential Broadband Competition in the United States (with Colleen Mallahan) (2010)

Understanding International Comparisons: 2009 Update, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2009)

The DTV Coupon Program: A Boon to Retailers, Not Consumers, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2008)

Understanding International Broadband Comparisons, Technology Policy Institute Working Paper (2008)

Broadband and Unbundling Regulations in OECD Countries, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2006)

Telecommunications Regulation in U.S. States: Its Rise and Impacts in the Early Twentieth Century, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2006)

The Economic Costs of the War in Iraq (with Katrina Kosec) (2005)

Broadband Penetration: An Empirical Analysis of State and Federal Policies, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Paper (2005)

Articles

What Gets Measured Gets Done: Stop Focusing on Irrelevant Broadband Metrics, Communications of the ACM (2011)

The Path to Universal Broadband: Why We Should Grant Low-Income Subsidies and Use Experiments and Auctions to Determine the Specifics (with Gregory L. Rosston), The Economists' Voice (2011)

From Network Externalities to Broadband Growth Externalities: a Bridge not yet Built (with John W. Mayo), Review of Industrial Organization (2011)

Pricing Strategies in a Digital World (with Laura Martin), Needham Insights (2011)

The Future of Digital Communications Research and Policy, Federal Communications Law Journal (2010)

Enabling Efficient Wireless Communications: The Role of Secondary Spectrum Markets (with John Mayo), Information Economics and Policy (2009)

Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? Empirical evidence from Latin America (with George RG Clarke and Katrina Kosec), Journal of International Development (2009)

Net Neutrality, Unbundling, and their Effects on International Investment in Next-Generation Networks (with Stephanie Hausladen), Review of Network Economics (2009)

An Economic Perspective on a U.S. National Broadband Plan (with Robert Hahn), Policy & Internet (2009)

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Broadband Stimulus Plan, The Economists' Voice (2009)

The Economics of Pacific Bell v. linkLine Communications, Economists Ink (2008)

Reverse Auctions and Universal Telecommunications Service: Lessons from Global Experience, Federal Communications Law Journal (2008)

The effects of ownership and benchmark competition: An empirical analysis of U.S. water systems (with Katrina Kosec), International Journal of Industrial Organization (2008)

Review of Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkeley-Novartis Controversy, Nature (2007)

Has the Internet Increased Trade? Developed and Developing Country Evidence (with George Clarke), Economic Inquiry (2007)

The Economic Cost of the Iraq War, The Economists' Voice (2006)

The Economics of Net Neutrality (with Robert W. Hahn), The Economists' Voice (2006)

Universal Telecommunications Service in India (with Roger G. Noll), India Policy Forum (2006)

What Affects the Quality of Economic Analysis for Life-Saving Investments? (with Robert Hahn, Katrina Kosec, and Peter Neumann), Risk Analysis (2006)

Returning to Victorian Competition, Ownership, and Regulation: An Empirical Study of European Telecommunications at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Journal of Economic History (2005)

Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Economic Development and Cultural Change (2005)

New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database (with George Clarke, Luke Haggarty, Rosario Kaneshiro, Roger Noll, Mary Shirley, and Lixin Colin Xu), Review of Network Economics (2004)

Internet Telephones: Hanging Up on Regulations? (with Robert W. Crandall, Robert W. Hahn, and Robert E. Litan), Milken Institute Review (2004)

Privatizing Monopolies in Developing Countries: The Real Effects of Exclusivity Periods in Telecommunications, Journal of Regulatory Economics (2004)

Investment Climate in China: A Tale of Five Cities (with David Dollar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Anqing Shi, Shuilin Wang, and Lixin Colin Xu), Transition (2003)

Of Carts and Horses: Regulation and Privatization in Telecommunications Reforms, Journal of Policy Reform (2003)

Review of The State, Regulation and the Economy: An Historical Perspective, Journal of Economic History (2002)

An Empirical Test of Geographic Knowledge Spillovers Using Geographic Information Systems and Firm-Level Data, Regional Science and Urban Economics (2001)

An econometric analysis of telecom competition, privatization, and regulation in Africa and Latin America, Journal of Industrial Economics (2001)

Review of Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration, by Jonathan L. Bean, Journal of Economic History (2001)

Telecommunications investment and traffic in developing countries: The effects of international settlement rate reforms, Journal of Regulatory Economics (2001)

The effects of government-industry R&D programs on private R&D: the case of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Rand Journal of Economics (2000)

Public-Private Technology Partnerships Promises and Pitfalls (with Joseph Stiglitz), American Behavioral Scientist (1999)

Presentations

Testimony on The Role of Government in Promoting R&D, U.S. Senate Finance Committee (2011)

An Economic Overview of the Implications for Online Video of the Proposed Comcast-NBCU Transaction, FCC Public Hearing (2010)

Testimony on Reforming the Universal Service High Cost Fund, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet (2009)

Testimony for FCC en banc hearing at Carnegie Mellon University on Broadband and the Digital Future, FCC and Carnegie Mellon University (2008)

Testimony on Broadband to Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2007)

Popular Press

A Regulatory Play in Two Acts, Regulation (2007)

No More Baseball Giveaways, Washington Times (2006)

What U.S. Broadband Problem? (with Seth Sacher), CNET (2006)

Debate Over 'Net Neutrality' is Misplaced (with Robert Hahn), Financial Times (2006)

When the Saints Go Marching Out, Baltimore Sun (2005)

A Suite Deal, Washington Times (2004)

Cheap Net Phones Face the Threat of a Tax Hangup, San Jose Mercury News (2004)

High Tech Cluster Bombs: Why Successful Biotech Hubs are the Exception, Not the Rule, Nature (2004)

Digital Dreams: How Regulations Can Widen the Digital Divide, Project Syndicate (2003)

Bring the President's Nerds Back in From the Cold (with Robert Hahn), Financial Times (2003)

Whose Life Is Worth More? (And Why Is It Horrible to Ask?), The Washington Post (2003)

How Globalization Stabilizes Poor Countries, Project Syndicate (2003)

Contributions to Books

Do Science Parks Generate Regional Economic Growth?, Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond (2004)

Universal(ly Bad) Service: Providing Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers (with George RG Clarke), Infrastructure for Poor People: Public Policy for Private Provision (2003)

Rethinking the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Investing in Innovation: Creating a Research and Innovation Policy That Works (1999)

Other

Secondary Markets: The Quiet Economic Value Creator (with John Mayo) (2011)