The Unpredictable FCC: Politicizing Communications Policy and Its Threat to Broadband Investment

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 14-05

10 Pages Posted: 13 Sep 2016

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George S. Ford

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

Lawrence J. Spiwak

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

Date Written: October 14, 2014

Abstract

The investment effects of the politicization of decision making at the Federal Communications Commission is discussed.

Keywords: Federal Communications Commission, Broadband, Investment, Regulation

JEL Classification: L96

Suggested Citation

Ford, George S. and Spiwak, Lawrence J., The Unpredictable FCC: Politicizing Communications Policy and Its Threat to Broadband Investment (October 14, 2014). Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 14-05 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2837298

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