Regulatory federalism in telecommunications

Regulatory federalism and industrial policy in broadband telecommunications

We analyse the impact of regulation, industrial policy and jurisdictional allocation on broadband deployment using a theoretical model and an empirical estimation. Although central powers may be more focused and internalize interjurisdictional externalities, decentralized powers may internalize local horizontal policy spillovers and use a diversity of objectives as a commitment device in the pr...

Turning Federalism Inside Out: Intrastate Aspects of Interstate Regulatory Competition

Overcoming managed care regulatory chaos through a restructured federalism.

IN THE REALM OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, feder-alism can be classified as a perennial issue, its history predating the adoption of the constitution itself.' Federalism conveys both a sense of structure and a sense of mandate, and while it is not as constant a presence in constitutional jurisprudence as issues affecting individual rights, it is a concept, nevertheless, which is a deeply rooted one, f...

"Cooperative Federalism" Gone Wrong: The Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

The phrase ‘‘cooperative federalism’’ has been used to refer to ‘‘federal programs that charge state agencies -as well as federal ones -with the responsibility of interpreting and implementing federal law.’’1 Because cooperative federalism entails ‘‘shared federal and state government responsibility,’’2 it raises difficult and continuing questions about the extent to which the responsibilities ...

The Telecommunications Economy and Regulation As Coevolving Complex Adaptive Systems: Implications for Federalism

Sustainable telecommunications policies require simultaneous satisfaction of economic viability and political feasibility constraints, and meeting these constraints is increasingly difficult in a competitive regulatory regime. In prior research, Cherry has sought to provide a general analytical framework for designing sustainable telecommunications policies, relying primarily on legal and econo...