All Article Summaries
These article summaries are written by TAP staff members. TAP’s purpose for this section of the site is to present information, points of view, research, and debates.
Cloud Computing: Architectural and Policy Implications
This paper offers an overview of cloud computing technology and its economic implications.
Is the Internet a Maturing Market?
This paper looks at how the aging of the Internet relates to broadband growth and policy.
Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience
This paper asks how best to protect free speech on the Internet.
Networks in Telecommunications: Economics and Law
This book surveys the law and economics of communications networks.
Nonrivalry and Price Discrimination in Copyright Economics
This paper explores the effect of different approaches to copyright on consumers.
Network Neutrality, Consumers, and Innovation
This article assesses how network neutrality rules for broadband networks would affect consumers.
Rethinking Broadband Internet Access
This article assesses how regulation would be likely to affect broadband networks.
Toward a Unified Theory of Access to Local Telephone Systems
This article examines trends in regulation of telephone networks.
Economics of Net Neutrality, The: Why the Physical Layer of the Internet Should Not Be Regulated
The paper asks if network neutrality rules would help or harm consumers.