Lynne Kiesling Thanks to Stuart Benjamin at Volokh Conspiracy for his post on spectrum poicy, including a reference to this National Journal article on spectrum. The evidence keeps mounting that a spectrum policy that 1. is based on licensing and not ownership, 2. protects the fractured incumbency, and 3. is so clearly a political and …
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Lynne Kiesling Here’s a useful resource for you RSS feed junkies: a database of RSS feeds for newspapers in the US. Of the 1178 papers listed, only 85 (or 7.2%) of them have RSS feeds. It’s set up as a wiki, so if you know of RSS feeds for any papers listed there as not …
Lynne Kiesling My first stab at answering the question at the end of my previous post starts with what I think is a basic claim, but one that does not get discussed much, or well, in electricity policy debates: All other things equal, organic competition outperforms ordered/managed competition in delivering long-run dynamic benefits to both …
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Lynne Kiesling My first stab at answering the question at the end of my previous post starts with what I think is a basic claim, but one that does not get discussed much, or well, in electricity policy debates: All other things equal, organic competition outperforms ordered/managed competition in delivering long-run dynamic benefits to both …
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Lynne Kiesling Those of you who read KP for commentary and analysis of electricity regulatory policy (and I thank you sincerely for doing so!) have probably noticed a relative dearth of such commentary and analysis in the past couple of months. I can’t speak for Mike, but the truth is that for my part, I …
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Lynne Kiesling Here’s a placeholder link to some new (to me!) economics and technology sites, until I have time to update the links template: Division of Labour (home of my long-standing and delightful acquaintances Larry White and Deirdre McCloskey, although DM has yet to post) Market Power Economics Roundtable (not really new to me, but …
Lynne Kiesling OK, so I’m listening to WOXY in my office, and they’re playing this cool hip-hoppy/rappy/soulful Handsome Boy Modeling School song called “The Truth”, and the male vocalist actually just used the phrase ceteris paribus. And used it pretty correctly, in the context of a song lyric … pretty funny!
Lynne Kiesling The Wall Street Journal is full of goodies today. Although I am tempted to write about the front-page article on “Two-Buck Chuck” entrepreneur Fred Franzia, I will confine my enthusiasm to discussing lead editorial entitled “Telecom Shootout” (subscription required). This editorial coincides with a lot of my thinking on the current merger activity …
Lynne Kiesling Today the Supreme Court hears the oral arguments in the Kelo vs. New London eminent domain case. Bill Steigerwald’s column in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is an interview with Scott Bullock, the Institute for Justice attorney who will be making the argument for the landowner. Bullock will try to persuade the high court to …
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Lynne Kiesling Tech Central Station has an article today on tax policy in New Zealand from Veronique de Rugy. She describes the background of the changes to the tax code in the 1980s, and how New Zealand has experienced economic growth as a consequence. Tax policy is not the only area in which New Zealand …
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