Microeconomic Ideas, Policy Epistemologies, and the Politics of Spectrum Licensing, 1922–1997
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6355803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Zarkin (0000-0002-6422-9694, Westminster College - Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-193 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/palgrave.polity.2300034 |
| OpenAlex | W2034229480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
In 1993, Congress authorized the FCC to use competitive bid auctions for the licensing of electromagnetic spectrum. To many members of the communications policy community, this policy change was decades overdue. Why did it take Congress so long to authorize spectrum auctions? Economist Thomas Hazlett has argued that policy gridlock resulting from an enduring political bargain between Congress and the broadcast industry prevented spectrum auctions from being seriously considered for decades. In this article, however, it is argued that the decision to authorize spectrum auctions is best understood when viewed through the literature on policy learning and epistemic communities. An explanation based in this body of literature posits that policy change becomes possible when a new worldview or “policy epistemology” frames the terms of debate in a manner that causes political actors to consider new alternatives
Common value auction · Economics · Epistemic community · Gridlock · Law and economics · Microeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Spectrum auction · Auction Theory and Applications · Corporate Finance and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
Building a New American State
The Federal Communications Commission
Technologies of Freedom
Radio Regulation Revisited
A Property System for Market Allocation of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory
Paradigm Shifts and Policy Networks
Introduction
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |