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The Invisible Resource Use and Regulation of the Radio Spectrum
By Harvey J. Levin
Copyright 2011
460 Pages
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RFF Press
432 Pages
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RFF Press
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This book both describes and criticizes the regulatory policies of the Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.). If accepted, these criticisms would result in a comprehensive alteration of current F.C.C. policies. Originally published in 1971
Introduction; One: The Spectrum System; I: Economic and Physical Character of the Radio Spectrum; II: Major Components of the Spectrum System; III: The Goals of National Spectrum Management; Two: Alternatives in Spectrum Allocation and Management; IV: Freely Transferable Rights; V: Toward a Regulated Market-Type System with Prices; VI: New Administrative Techniques; VII: The Case for Secondary Rights; Three: The Level of Spectrum Development; VIII: Spectrum Scarcity and Technological Change; IX: Government's Role in Spectrum Development: The Record; Four: Allocation, Regulation, Prices, and Service; X: The Rationale of Competitive Alternatives in Common Carrier Rate Regulation; XI: Competitive Alternatives in Practice; XII: Broadcast Allocations in Theory and Fact; XIII: The Effects of Broadcast Licensing; Four: Conclusion
Biography
Harvey J. Levin
'...very useful data for students of public policy...will stand for some time as the authoritative treatment of its specialized subject.' American Political Science Review
