The rising popularity of cloud computing will require changes to the underlying network architecture, raising questions about the impact of regulations on the fledgling industry, explains Christopher Yoo in, “Cloud Computing: Architectural and Policy Implications,” released today by the Technology Policy Institute. The paper is a revised version of a paper presented at the recent TPI conference, “Antitrust and the Dynamics of Competition in High-Tech Industries.”
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Research Opportunity – Program on Digital Communications
For the second year, Time Warner Cable is sponsoring a research program…
Research Roundup: File-sharing vs. music sales, Craigslist vs. newspapers, and more
In this edition of the Research Roundup we highlight a paper by…
Pre-emptive Regulation of Vertical Integration Could Harm Consumers
Pre-emptive regulation of vertical integration could harm, rather than help, consumer welfare because integration is not predictive of future market problems, states Bruce Owen in “Antitrust and Vertical Integration in ‘New Economy’ Industries” released today by the Technology Policy Institute. According to the author, “Toadying to uninformed populist fears of vertical integration between network providers and content creators by imposing investment-dampening ex ante regulatory constraints is likely to be far less useful to the public than steps to ensure effective competition among network providers.” Instead, he suggests ex post antitrust enforcement could address specific market abuses. The paper is a preliminary version prepared for the recent TPI event, “Antitrust and the Dynamics of Competition in High-Tech Industries.”
Research Roundup: Entrepreneurship, Clusters, Competition, and more
If you only have time for one article from today’s Research Roundup—and…
Should the Government Prepare Individual Income Tax Returns?
Simplifying the complex U.S. tax code is the most direct way to reduce both the public and private costs of complying with the federal income tax, but tax reform is extraordinarily difficult to achieve. Some analysts have argued that return-free filing systems, such as those used in other countries and in the state of California, could substantially reduce the costs for many individual taxpayers with relatively simple returns at little or no net administrative cost to the government.
Return-Free Tax Filing Would not Result in Cost Savings
Adopting a return-free federal income tax system, or Simple Return, would introduce a host of challenges and would not result in overall cost savings, state Arlene Holen and Joseph Cordes in “Should the Government Prepare Individual Tax Returns?” released today by the Technology Policy Institute. The paper was submitted to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in response to the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board’s report to the President on options for changing the current tax system.
TPI Hosts Workshop on Network Management at 2010 IGF Meeting
The Technology Policy Institute co-hosted a workshop with the DiploFoundation on network neutrality issues at the Internet Governance Forum 2010 Meeting held in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 14 – 17.
Research Roundup: Small Businesses and Net Employment Growth, and more
In Washington, pretty much everyone agrees that private sector job growth comes…
TPI Aspen Forum Videos Now Available
Webcasts are now available of the discussion panels and keynote speakers at the Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum.