In this Paper, we assess the performance and efficiency of OECD countries with respect to broadband Internet subscription. Using the econometric technique of Stochastic Frontier Analysis, we estimate scores indicating the efficiency with which a country converts its economic and demographic...

In this article, we provide a focused economic analysis of the welfare effect of state and local regulation on communications services and, in particular, on the wireless segment of the telecommunications industry. We find that when local regulation in one jurisdiction has sufficiently large...

In this paper, we offer a hybrid approach to merger simulation in which we allow rather extensive pre-testing to suggest the quot;correctquot;, or most desirable, form for the underlying demand curves. Our application is the merger between the large mobile telephone companies Cingular and...

In support of Fomby and Murfin (2005), we demonstrate empirically, rather than theoretically, the severe consequences of using HAC standard errors in regression-based financial event studies. Applying an event study to a recent merger, we show that the use of HAC standard errors render...

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 contains provisions that allow increasing levels of concentration in local radio markets. Debate has focused on whether allowing greater concentration of broadcast media resources into fewer hands is a sound public policy. One fear of regulators is the effect...

We assess the performance and efficiency of OECD countries with respect to broadband Internet subscription. Using the econometric techniques of Least Squares and Stochastic Frontier Analysis, we estimate scores indicating the efficiency with which a country converts its economic and demographic...

We combine regression and propensity score methods to estimate the effect of Internet use on job search. We exploit the distinction between the unemployed and the discouraged, where both desire employment but the latter has ceased active job search due to negative beliefs about the labor market....