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Economists' Statement on Network Neutrality Policy
William J. Baumol New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Martin E. Cave University of Warwick - Warwick Business School; Brunel University Robert E. Litan Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Peter Cramton University of Maryland - Department of Economics Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford, Smith School; Georgetown University Thomas W. Hazlett George Mason University School of Law Paul L. Joskow Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics Alfred E. Kahn National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) John W. Mayo Georgetown University - Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business Patrick A. Messerlin Groupe d'Economie Mondiale at Sciences Po (GEM Paris) Bruce M. Owen Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR); Stanford University Public Policy Program Robert S. Pindyck Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Vernon L. Smith Chapman University - Economic Science Institute; Chapman University School of Law Scott Wallsten Technology Policy Institute; Stanford University; Economists Incorporated Leonard Waverman London Business School Lawrence J. White New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business Scott Savage University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics March 2007 AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. RP07-08 Abstract: Network neutrality is a policy proposal that would regulate how network providers manage and price the use of their networks. Congress has introduced several bills on network neutrality. Proposed legislation generally would mandate that Internet service providers exercise no control over the content that flows over their lines and would bar providers from charging more for preferentially faster access to the Internet. These proposals must be considered carefully in light of the underlying economics. Our basic concern is that most proposals aimed at implementing net neutrality are likely to do more harm than good.
Keywords: network neutrality, legislation, economics JEL Classifications: H00 Working Paper SeriesDate posted: March 28, 2007 ; Last revised: October 07, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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