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ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF RADIO SPECTRUM
by
Ergin Bayrak
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Ful llment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(ECONOMICS)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Ergin Bayrak
Object Description
| Title | Essays on the economics of radio spectrum |
| Author | Bayrak, Ergin |
| Author email | ebayrak@usc.edu; erginbayrak@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-10-28 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-11-17 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wilkie, Simon |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cheng, Harrison Aronson, Jonathan |
| Abstract | Radio spectrum is a fundamental input in communications technology and the allocation of spectrum has gained ever increasing importance with technological advances. In this dissertation we start by recoupling the accurate scientific definition and progression of spectrum with the economic and policy analysis of spectrum. We then identify and provide insights to the current valuation, allocation and management problems in spectrum equipped with this improved understanding. We go on to provide consumer surplus estimates for unlicensed spectrum that had been overlooked in the literature and show that the consumer surplus from the utilization of unlicensed spectrum is commensurate with that of licensed spectrum found in previous studies. To assess the possible negative effects of excessive entry under unlicensed allocations, we continue with a model of a communications device market whereby the allocation of spectrum determines the technological environment, the competitive environment and consequently the quality and the variety of the devices in the market. We then go on to simulate the welfare consequences of instituting the alternative management regimes. We conclude that the regime choice has to be thoroughly informed by the preference and technology structure and the optimal allocation must be an interior solution with a finely tuned mix of the two regimes. |
| Keyword | radio spectrum; spectrum management; spectrum allocation; oligopoly; differentiated goods |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2741 |
| Rights | Bayrak, Ergin |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Bayrak-3391 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Bayrak-3391.pdf |
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| Full text | ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF RADIO SPECTRUM by Ergin Bayrak A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ECONOMICS) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Ergin Bayrak |
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