Sonecon studies on regulation, tax, finance, industry outlooks, healthcare, education, the internet and other national and global matters.

Innovation Highway: Unlocking the Social and Economic Benefits of Autonomous VehiclesRobert

The U.S. Postal Service’s Increased Focus on Parcel Deliveries and The Impact on Universal Mail Delivery and the Economy

The Impact of a National Program of Free Tuition at Public Community Colleges and Free Tuition for Most Students at Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities on College Enrollments, Graduations, and…

The Impact of the Roofing Industry on the American Economy

Costs and Benefits of Providing a Public Option for Coverage under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program

The Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on Cigarette Smoking By Americans and Its Health and Economic Implications

Who Owns Americans’ Personal Information and What Is It Worth?

Study of Changes in the Composition of US Employment

Why Americans Distrust and Fear Immigrants

Taking Root: The Growth of America’s New Creative Economy

Declaration of Robert J. Shapiro for the Postal Regulatory Commission in the Matter of the Institutional Cost Requirement – Docket No. RM2017-1

Unlocking the Gates: America’s New Creative Economy

Resilience for Grid Security Emergencies

The Politics of Widening Income Inequality In the United States, 1977 to 2014

Task Force on Cyber Deterrance

The Value of the Medicare Part D Program for its Beneficiaries and the Medicare System

Earnings of Kaplan University Graduates: How Their Earnings Compare to Counterparts Who Did Not Pursue Higher Degrees, Graduates of Public and Private Not-for-Profit Institutions in Five States, and Graduates Nationwide

The Impact of Broadband and Related Information and Communications Technologies on the American Economy

How the United States Postal Service Uses Its Monopoly Revenues and Special Privileges to Cross Subsidize Its Competitive Operations

The Impact of Intellectual Property Protections on Research and Development in India and on the Growth and Wages of Key Indian Industries

A Strategy to Promote Affordable Housing for All Americans By Recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

How the U.S. Postal Service Uses Its Monopoly Revenues and Special Privileges to Subsidize Its Competitive Operations

The Revenue and Economic Effects of the Paul-Boxer Plan To Encourage the Repatriation of Foreign-Source Earnings By U.S. Multinational Corporations

Regulation and Investment: A Note on Policy Evaluation under Uncertainty, With an Application to FCC Title II Regulation of the Internet

The Financial Contribution of Oil and Natural Gas Investments To Public Employee Pension Plans in Seventeen States, Fiscal Years 2005 – 2013

Income growth and decline under recent U.S. presidents and the new challenge to restore broad economic prosperity

The Basis and Extent of the Monopoly Rights and Subsidies Claimed by the United States Postal Service

Unnecessary Injury: The Economic Costs of Imposing New Global Capital Requirements on Large U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers

The Impact of Title II Regulation of Internet Providers On Their Capital Investments

Who Owns America’s Oil and Natural Gas Companies: A 2014 Update

To Reclaim Prosperity, Puerto Rico Should Adapt Ireland’s Model for Modernization And Focus on Attracting Investors from Around the World

To Reclaim Prosperity, Puerto Rico Should Adapt Ireland’s Model for Modernization And Focus on Attracting Investors from Around the World

The U.S. Software Industry As an Engine for Economic Growth and Employment

Stockton National Research Council CBRNE Keynote Speech

Chapter Five: “Responding to a Cyber Attack on the North American Electric Grid” of the Bipartisan Policy Center Study: Cybersecurity and the North American Electric Grid.

NARUC Report: Resilience for Black Sky Days. Supplementing Reliability Metrics for Extraordinary and Hazardous Events

How India Can Attract More Foreign Direct Investment, Create Jobs, and Increase GDP:The Benefits of Respecting the Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign Pharmaceutical Producers

The Economic Benefits of New York City’s Public School Reforms, 2002-2013

Curbing the Market for Cyber Weapons

The Costs and Benefits of Half a Loaf: The Economic Effects of Recent Regulation of Debit Card Interchange Fees

The Costs and Benefits of Half a Loaf: The Economic Effects of Recent Regulation of Debit Card Interchange Fees

The Importance of International Standards in Managing Defaults in Islamic Finance: Saudi Arabia and the Saad Group’s Sukuk Default

The Economic Implications of Restricting Spectrum Purchases in the Incentive Auctions

Anatomy of a Special Tax Break and The Case for Broad Corporate Tax Reform

Report for API:College and University Endowments

Diabetes Research and the Public Good:Federal Support for Research on Type 1 Diabetes

Wage and Salary Growth in the United States: Average Americans Made Steady Progress for Two Generations, Until the Last Decade

The Financial Hazards and Risks Entailed in Extending Unlimited Federal Guarantees for Deposits in Transaction Accounts

The Benefits of Reducing Violent Crime

Political Contributions and Their Effect on Shareholders

The Employment Effects of Advances in Internet and Wireless Technology: Evaluating the Transitions from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G

Who Owns America’s Oil and Natural Gas Companies

The Revenue Implications of Temporary Tax Relief for Repatriated Foreign Earnings: An Analysis of the Joint Tax Committee’s Revenue Estimates

The Contributions of Information and Communication Technologies To American Growth, Productivity, Jobs and Prosperity

What Ideas Are Worth: The Value of Intellectual Capital And Intangible Assets in the American Economy September, 2011

The Economic Impact of U.S. Trade Sanctions on Imports of Paper Products

The Financial Contribution of Oil and Natural Gas Company Investments To Major Public Pension Plans in Seventeen States for Fiscal Years 2005 – 2009

The Impact of Immigration and Immigration Reform on the Wages of American Workers

Foreign Direct Investments in Developing Nations:

The Financial Contribution of Oil and Natural Gas Company Investments To Major Public Pension Plans in Four States, 2005 – 2009

Report on Taxpayer Costs for Higher Education

A New Analysis of Broadband Adoption Rates By Minority Households

The Employment Effects of Awarding Major U.S. Defense Contracts To U.S.-Based Firms, Compared to Foreign-Based Multinational Firms: An Economic Case Study of the Competition To Produce the KC-X Refueling Tanker

The Costs of “Charging It” in America:Assessing the Economic Impact of Interchange Fees for Credit Card and Debit Card Transactions

Towards Universal Broadband: Flexible Broadband Pricing and the Digital Divide

The Economic Benefits of Provisions Allowing U.S. Multinational Companies to Defer U.S. Corporate Tax on their Foreign Earnings And the Costs to the U.S. Economy of Repealing Deferral

The Benefits to U.S. Taxpayers from an Open Market Buyback of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

The Impact of Private Equity Acquisitions and OperationsOn Capital Spending, Sales, Productivity, and Employment

Using What We Have to Stimulate the Economy: The Benefits of Temporary Tax Relief for U.S. CorporationsTo Repatriate Profits Earned by Foreign Subsidiaries

Economic Modernization in Mongolia: The Impact of Tax and Regulatory Policies on the Mining Sector

The Social and Economic Value of Private and Community Foundations

The Role of Private Equity in US Capital Markets

The Effects of Proposed Hurricane Legislation

Addressing Climate Change Without Impairing the U.S. Economy:The Economics and Environmental Science of Combining a Carbon-Based Tax and Tax Relief

The Economic Implications of Patent Reform: The Deficiences and Costs of Proposals Regarding the Apportionment of Damages, Post-Grant Opposition, and Inequitable Conduct

Generic Biological Treatments and the Associated Cost Savings

American Jobs and the Impact of Private Equity Transactions

The Distribution of Ownership of U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Companies

The Economic Effects of Intellectual Property-Intensive Manufacturing in the United States

The Impact of Authorized Generic Pharmaceuticals on the Introduction of Other Generic Pharmaceuticals

Reducing Barriers to Investment in Fiber Connections and Advanced Broadband Services for American Households

Addressing the Risks of Climate Change: The Environmental Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency of Emission Caps and Tradable Permits, Compared to Carbon Taxes

Maintaining Contact: The Provision of International Long-Distance Service for Low-Income Immigrants in the United States

Discredited: The Impact of Argentina’s Sovereign Debt Default and Debt Restructuring on US Taxpayers and Investors

Creating Broad Access to New Communications Technologies

The Economic Impact of a Windfall Profits Tax On Federal, State and Local Public Employee Pension Funds

The Economic Impact of a Windfall Profits Tax for Savers and Shareholders

The Future of Security Exchanges

Assessing the Economic Impact of Proposed Asbestos Legislation: A Reconsideration of the Evidence

The Economic Value of Intellectual Property

Healthy Returns: The Economic Impact of Public Investment in Transportation

Conserving Energy and Preserving the Environment: The Role of Public Transportation