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Save to My PortfolioAn Economic Strategy for Investing in America's Infrastructure

Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf, July 2008, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper

Infrastructure investment has received more attention in recent years because of increased delays from road and air congestion, high-profile infrastructure failures, and rising concerns about energy security and climate change.  Manasi Deshpande and Doug Elmendorf discuss a strategy for America to increase investment in physical and telecommunications infrastructure to spur a more prosperous economy. Read More

Infrastructure, Transportation, Competitiveness, Broadband Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

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Save to My PortfolioThe State of the Nation's Infrastructure

July 25, 2008

The State of the Nation's InfrastructureThe state of the nation’s infrastructure is generating rising public attention, prompted by daily travel frustrations, high-profile catastrophes, urgent calls to address climate change and energy security, and concerns about productivity and economic growth. The Hamilton Project hosted a public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth.

Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Telecommunications, Transportation, Traffic

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Save to My PortfolioInvesting in America’s Infrastructure

Friday, July 25, 2008
8:45 AM to 12:30 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Tony WebsterThe state of the nation’s infrastructure is generating rising public attention, prompted by daily travel frustrations, high-profile catastrophes, urgent calls to address climate change and energy security, and concerns about productivity and economic growth. The Hamilton Project released six new policy papers and hosted a public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth. Read More

Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Telecommunications, Transportation, Traffic

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Save to My PortfolioTechnical Difficulties

Robert W. Crandall, November 08, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

Robert Crandall discusses telecommunications regulatory policies in the European Union and critiques a proposal to enforce functional separation on the broadband market. Read More

Telecommunications, Technology, Regulation, Europe, European Union

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Save to My PortfolioAn Antitrust Analysis of Google's Proposed Acquisition of DoubleClick

Robert Hahn and Hal J. Singer, September 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center


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Regulation, Telecommunications, Internet Policy, Technology, Technology and Development

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Save to My PortfolioTelecom Time Warp

Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

Robert Crandall and Hal Singer argue that, eventually, either the FCC or the courts will realize that regulating competitive telecommunications networks for the benefit of select content providers is not in the interest of American consumers. Read More

Broadband Policy, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Regulation, Business

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Save to My PortfolioEarmarked Airwaves?

Hal Singer and Robert Hahn, June 27, 2007, The Washington Post

Opinion by Robert Hahn and Hal Singer (06/27/07) Read More

Telecommunications, Regulation, Business, Information Technology, Internet Policy

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Save to My PortfolioThe Effects of Broadband Deployment on Output and Employment: A Cross-sectional Analysis of U.S. Data

Robert W. Crandall, Robert E. Litan and William Lehr, June 2007, The Brookings Institution

Robert Crandall, William Lehr and Robert Litan discuss how high-speed internet access has developed rapidly in the last decade and is increasingly viewed as essential infrastructure for our global information economy. Read More

Broadband Policy, U.S. Economy, Labor, Technology, Telecommunications

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Save to My PortfolioSome Internet Mergers Deserve a Careful Look

Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, May 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

Op-ed by Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan (May 2007) Read More

Technology, Telecommunications, Business

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioExtending Deregulation: Make the U.S. Economy More Efficient

Robert W. Crandall, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

Extending Deregulation: Make the U.S. Economy More EfficientSince the 1970s, deregulation has succeeded in increasing overall economic welfare and sharply reducing prices, generally by about 30 percent, for transportation—including air travel, rail transportation, and trucking—and for natural gas and telecommunications. Few industries remain subject to classic economic regulation in the United States. Read More

Airline Industry, Transportation, Broadband Policy, U.S. Economy, Regulation

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Save to My PortfolioThe Myth of Network Neutrality and What We Should Do About It

Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, November 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper

Robert Litan and Robert Hahn examine the Internet industry today, especially in light of the current "network neutrality" debate, and conclude that further regulation of the Internet is not warranted at this point in time. Read More

Internet Policy, Technology, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Federal Communications Commission

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Save to My PortfolioEconomists' Statement on U.S. Broadband Policy

Robert E. Litan and Robert Hahn, March 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

In this statement, a group of economists make the following recommendations to improve the competitive provision of broadband services. Read More

Broadband Policy, Regulation, Internet Policy, Telecommunications, Federal Communications Commission

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Save to My PortfolioThe AT&T/BellSouth Merger: The Breakdown of 'Breakup'

Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall, March 09, 2006, The Wall Street Journal

This week's stunning announcement by AT&T that it had reached an agreement to acquire BellSouth for $67 billion is surely an affront to proponents of a strong antitrust policy for two reasons. Read More

Competitiveness, Telecommunications, Technology, Business, Corporations

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Big Telecomm Mergers: Nothing to Fear

Robert E. Litan, November 18, 2005, The Brookings Institution

Robert Litan writes that the FCC-approved mergers of AT&T and SBC, and MCI and Verizon are a profound reshaping of the large companies that provide communications services. But, while these mergers certainly merit a watchful eye by antitrust authorities and regulators, the new facts in telecomm should significantly ease concerns that the mergers are anti-competitive. Read More

Competitiveness, Telecommunications, Corporations, Business, Federal Communications Commission

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Save to My PortfolioCompetition and Chaos

Robert W. Crandall, April 15, 2005

In Competition and Chaos, Robert W. Crandall analyzes the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on economic welfare in the United States and how the act and its antecedents affected the major telecommunications providers. Read More

Telecommunications, Business, Regulation, Technology, U.S. Economy

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Robert W. Crandall

Robert W. Crandall

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Robert Crandall focuses on telecommunications regulatory policy, particularly regarding wireless and broadband competition and the effects of antitrust policy on the U.S. telecommunications sector.
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