April 2006
2 posts
Event: Smith and Porter on wireless auctions
Next Tuesday, Nobel Laureate and George Mason Professor Vernon Smith and Prof. David Porter, both internationally renowned experts on the structure of auctions, will be speaking about their experiences helping craft the FCC wireless auctions. They will asses the auction system and discuss how auctions have affected the allocation of radio spectrum. Event deets: Tuesday, May 2, 4 p.m. (reception...
Piracy as trade retaliation
The U.S. recently lost a WTO suit brought by Antigua. Basically the U.S. had outlawed overseas internet gambling, but allowed certain types of domestic gambling sites. The WTO sided with Antigua and told the U.S. it had to change its law. Today is the deadline for the U.S. to make that change and it doesn’t seem like it will. For one thing, the U.S. has little incentive. The normal course...
