Toward an Evolutionary Regime for Spectrum Governance: Licensing or Unrestricted Entry?

by William J. Baumol and Dorothy Robyn

"A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publication

The federal government's approach to regulating the spectrum remains largely administrative, causing major inefficiency and waste. Ironically, just as the FCC has begun to use market mechanisms, some people are pushing to treat spectrum as a common resource open to all entrants. Commons proponents maintain that with new, interference-avoiding technology, licensing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815708491
• ISBN13: 9780815708490
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"