In many cases, an economic perspective on cybersecurity – and malware in particular – provides us with more powerful analysis and a fruitful starting point for new governmental policies: incentive structures and market externalities. This report sets out to develop this perspective, building...

The Federal Communication Commission’s Order on Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet (GN Docket No. 14-28), adopted on February 26, 2015, mentions innovation more than 100 times. The Order is based on the premise that Internet openness is a precondition for a virtuous cycle in which edge...

This paper describes and critically comments on this transformation of the theoretical underpinnings of practical regulation in the U.S. and assesses its relevance for other nations and regions. The next section provides a brief historical review as to how investment and innovation issues were...

Ideally, a choice between these different governance options would be based on a detailed evaluation of their static and dynamic efficiency implications. A systematic assessment is complicated by the fact that the multiple dynamic interactions in next generation networks render the issues...

The net neutrality debate is one of several sites of struggles to adapt and redefine rights and obligations of stakeholders in the Internet-centric communications system. Its outcomes will shape the future of the Internet and influence the level and distribution of its benefits. We identify key...