TY - JOUR
T1 - Auctioning the Airwaves
T2 - The Contest for Broadband pcs Spectrum
AU - Chakravorti, Bhaskar
AU - Sharkey, William W.
AU - Spiegel, Yossef
AU - Wilkie, Simon
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - The House and Senate of the United States Congress recently passed legislation that directs the FCC to establish a system for using auctions to allocate the use of radio spectrum for personal communications services. There is a unique and unprecedented set of issues that arise in this context, which are of interest to economists, industry analysts, regulators, and policymakers. We discuss these issues and evaluate their likely impact on the outcome of the spectrum auctions. In addition, we argue that there may be pitfalls in the auction procedure adopted by the FCC, and we discuss possible alternative procedures.
AB - The House and Senate of the United States Congress recently passed legislation that directs the FCC to establish a system for using auctions to allocate the use of radio spectrum for personal communications services. There is a unique and unprecedented set of issues that arise in this context, which are of interest to economists, industry analysts, regulators, and policymakers. We discuss these issues and evaluate their likely impact on the outcome of the spectrum auctions. In addition, we argue that there may be pitfalls in the auction procedure adopted by the FCC, and we discuss possible alternative procedures.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84988084565&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1430-9134.1995.00345.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1430-9134.1995.00345.x
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AN - SCOPUS:84988084565
SN - 1058-6407
VL - 4
SP - 345
EP - 373
JO - Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
JF - Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
IS - 2
ER -