Shane Greenstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 348336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shane Greenstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shane |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenstein |
| SIGNATURE | GREENSTEIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7015-9568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Wireless communications equipment markets
The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on internet interconnection
The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure
The internet's structure and operations remain invisible to most economists. What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews the basic economics of internet infrastructure, focusing attention on the economic questions motivated by public aspirations for ubiquitous availability and widespread adoption of int…
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
I was honored that Lee Alston asked me to be the convener for the Nevins Prize Competition this year. There were close to a dozen submissions spanning a
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
How the Internet Became Commercial
The Internet and Local Wages
How did the diffusion of the internet affect regional wage inequality? We examine the relationship between business investment in advanced internet technology and local variation in US wage growth between 1995 and 2000. We identify a puzzle. The internet is widespread, but the economic payoffs are not. Advanced internet technology is only associated with substantial wage growth in the 6 percent of counties that were already highly wealthy, educat…
Concentration in Internet Access and Entrepreneurial Truncation of Innovation
With a concentrated supply of broadband Internet access, will the future of the Internet be as innovative as the past? This essay reconsiders contemporary debates that view broadband providers as gatekeepers. Instead, it offers an alternative perspective, viewing carriers as platform leaders. That framework focuses attention on the importance of platforms for innovation, and highlights issues missed in contemporary debates. The essay stresses the…
Economic experiments in internet access markets
Innovation within Internet access markets can be usefully understood through the lens of economic experiments. Economic experiments yield lessons to market participants through market experience. The essay distinguishes between directed and undirected economic experiments. It discusses how spreading of lessons transforms a market. As a lesson becomes common it becomes a part of industry know–how. Further innovations build on that know how, renewi…
Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary
How did location affect adoption of the commercial Internet? Global village vs. urban leadership
Measuring the Performance of a Protected Infant Industry
Eduardo Luzio, Shane Greenstein, Measuring the Performance of a Protected Infant Industry: The Case of Brazilian Microcomputers, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 622-633
How did location affect adoption of the commercial Internet? Global village vs. urban leadership
The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure
The internet's structure and operations remain invisible to most economists. What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews the basic economics of internet infrastructure, focusing attention on the economic questions motivated by public aspirations for ubiquitous availability and widespread adoption of int…
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary
Measuring the Performance of a Protected Infant Industry
Eduardo Luzio, Shane Greenstein, Measuring the Performance of a Protected Infant Industry: The Case of Brazilian Microcomputers, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 622-633
How did location affect adoption of the commercial Internet? Global village vs. urban leadership
Economic experiments in internet access markets
Innovation within Internet access markets can be usefully understood through the lens of economic experiments. Economic experiments yield lessons to market participants through market experience. The essay distinguishes between directed and undirected economic experiments. It discusses how spreading of lessons transforms a market. As a lesson becomes common it becomes a part of industry know–how. Further innovations build on that know how, renewi…
Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary
The Internet and Local Wages
How did the diffusion of the internet affect regional wage inequality? We examine the relationship between business investment in advanced internet technology and local variation in US wage growth between 1995 and 2000. We identify a puzzle. The internet is widespread, but the economic payoffs are not. Advanced internet technology is only associated with substantial wage growth in the 6 percent of counties that were already highly wealthy, educat…
Concentration in Internet Access and Entrepreneurial Truncation of Innovation
With a concentrated supply of broadband Internet access, will the future of the Internet be as innovative as the past? This essay reconsiders contemporary debates that view broadband providers as gatekeepers. Instead, it offers an alternative perspective, viewing carriers as platform leaders. That framework focuses attention on the importance of platforms for innovation, and highlights issues missed in contemporary debates. The essay stresses the…
How the Internet Became Commercial
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
I was honored that Lee Alston asked me to be the convener for the Nevins Prize Competition this year. There were close to a dozen submissions spanning a
The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure
The internet's structure and operations remain invisible to most economists. What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews the basic economics of internet infrastructure, focusing attention on the economic questions motivated by public aspirations for ubiquitous availability and widespread adoption of int…
The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on internet interconnection
Wireless communications equipment markets
Business (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · The Internet (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Digital Platforms and Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (5 works) · Marketing (5 works) · World Wide Web (4 works) · Auction Theory and Applications (2 works)