Allocation of Orbit and Spectrum Resources for Regional Communications: What's At Stake?
构建概念框架和计算机模型，估算当前非市场行政分配机制下地球静止轨道与电磁频谱资源的福利损失，并分析更市场化分配可能带来的收益。
Contentious debate surrounds allocation of the geostationary orbit and electromagnetic spectrum, two resources used by communications satellites. An extensive economics literature alleges that the nonmarket administrative allocative procedures now in place are highly inefficient, but no research has empirically estimated the welfare loss. This article develops a conceptual framework and a computerized model to estimate the economic value of the resources, the size and distribution of welfare costs associated with the present regulatory regime, and the potential gains from more market‐like allocation.