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Carolyn Gideon

Carolyn Gideon

Senior Lecturer of International Communications and Technology Policy
Carolyn Gideon
SSRN LinkedIn @CarolynGideon

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Research/Areas of Interest

-Information and telecommunications policy, especially issues of industry structure and regulation
-Public policy analysis

Education

  • PhD, Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 2003
  • MPP, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 1995
  • BS, Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, 1987

Biography

Carolyn F. Gideon is a Senior Lecturer in International Communication and Technology Policy. Gideon's research focus is policy, access, and industry structure issues of information and communication technology. She has been a Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School, and a research affiliate with the MIT Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence. Past experience includes Asst. Vice President of Parker/Hunter Incorporated, Manager of Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, and Consultant with Strategic Planning Associates (now Mercer Management Consulting). She is a member of the International Telecommunication Society, International Communications Association, Society for Benefit Cost Analysis, and President-Elect of the Transportation and Public Utility Group of the American Economic Association.

Selected Publications

Gideon, C., & Kukura, A. (n.d.). Everyone Had to be a Part of This: Social Media and Uprising Participation Decisions. SSRN.

Gideon, C. (n.d.). Evaluating Algorithmic Governance Regimes: A Game Theoretic and Empirical Analysis.

Gideon, C. (2012). The phoneless in the broadband age: A pilot study in Massachusetts. Telecommunications Policy, 36(9), 704-723. doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2012.06.016

Gideon, C. (2006). Technology policy by default: Shaping communications technology through regulatory policy. In Shaping Science and Technology Policy: The Next Generation of Research (pp. 256-272).

Gideon, C., & Gabel, D. (2011). Disconnecting: Understanding decline in universal service. Telecommunications Policy, 35(8), 737-751. doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2011.06.006

Gideon, C., & Gabel, D. (2005). Retail Prices and Facility-Based Entry into the Telecommunications Market.

Gideon, C. (2007). The Potential for Competition in Network Communications Industries.