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Scott J. Wallsten

Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow

swallsten@techpolicyinstitute.org

 

 

Scott Wallsten is vice president for research and senior fellow at the Technology Policy Institute. An economist with expertise in industrial organization and public policy, Wallsten’s research focuses on telecommunications, regulation, competition, and technology policy. His papers have been published in numerous academic journals and his commentaries have appeared in newspapers and newsmagazines around the world.

 

Wallsten is also a senior fellow at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy and a lecturer in Public Policy at Stanford University. He has been director of communications policy studies and senior fellow at The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a senior fellow at the AEI - Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, an economist at The World Bank, a scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a staff economist at the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers.

 

Wallsten holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.

 

Contributions

• U.S. Broadband Market Working Well Overall, But Gaps Remain, Wallsten and Hahn Submit Nine Recommendations for National Broadband Plan, by Scott J. Wallsten, June 8, 2009
• Net Neutrality, Unbundling, and their Effects on International Investment in Next-Generation Networks, by Scott J. Wallsten, April 8, 2009
• Measuring the Effectiveness of the Broadband Stimulus Plan, by Scott J. Wallsten, March 24, 2009
• DTV coupon program mainly benefits retailers, not consumers, by Scott J. Wallsten, September 16, 2008
• Data on wireless usage by country, August 12, 2008
• Video: Wallsten on International Broadband Comparisons, August 7, 2008
• Household Broadband Penetration Data, August 6, 2008
• Testimony for FCC en banc hearing at Carnegie Mellon University on broadband and the digital future, by Scott J. Wallsten, July 21, 2008
• The Good News About US Broadband, by Scott J. Wallsten, June 13, 2008
• Understanding International Broadband Comparisons, by Scott J. Wallsten, May 19, 2008
• Reverse Auctions and Universal Telecommunications Service: Lessons from Global Experience, by Scott J. Wallsten, May 5, 2008
• Costs of the War, Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Senate, by Scott J. Wallsten, February 28, 2008
• Whence Competition in Network Industries? Broadband and Unbundling Regulations in OECD Countries, by Scott J. Wallsten, December 31, 2007
• Managing the Network? Rethink Prices, not Net Neutrality, by Scott J. Wallsten, October 12, 2007
• Communications, Broadband and Competitiveness." Testimony before the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Senate, by Scott J. Wallsten, September 26, 2007
• Doing the Hustle at the FCC, by Scott J. Wallsten, July 19, 2007
• Comments to the Federal Communications Commission - Antitrust, Two-Sided Markets, and Platform Competition: The Case of the XM-Sirius Merger, by Scott J. Wallsten, July 14, 2007
• Communications, Broadband and Competitiveness: How Does the U.S. Measure Up?" Testimony before the Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, by Scott J. Wallsten, April 24, 2007
• Great Branding, Bad Policies: The Flaws of Open Access Regulations, by Scott J. Wallsten, April 5, 2007

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