Johannes M. Bauer

Johannes M. Bauer was appointed as the Quello Chair for Media and Information Policy and the Director of the Quello Center in August 2018. From September 2023 through December 2024, he was on leave from MSU to serve as the Chief Economist in the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC. Much of his research deals with policy issues that are at the center of U.S. and global debates, such as the governance of emerging technologies such as AI, broadband policy, innovation in the digital economy, and measures to increase digital equity and inclusion. He enjoys working with practitioners from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Azic, M., Bauer, J.M., Kauffman, S., Kwerel, E., LaFontaine, P., Ocker, J., Schwarz, M., & Stancill, M. (2024). Economics at the FCC 2023-2024. Review of Industrial Organization, Published online December 21, 2024. DOI.
• Bauer, J. M., & Latzer, M. (2024). Co-evolution: Applications and implications for governance research in communication studies. In: M. Puppis, H. van den Bulck, & R. Mansell (Eds.), Handbook of media and communication governance. Edward Elgar (penultimate version available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4433276).
• Bauer, J. M., & Prado, T. S. (2024). Digital innovation: An information-economic perspective. In D. R. Raban & J. Włodarczyk (Eds.), The Elgar companion to information economics (246–269). Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. DOI.
• Prado, T.S. & Bauer, J.M. (2022). Big Tech Platform Acquisitions of Start-ups and Venture Capital Funding for Innovation. Information Economics and Policy. DOI.
• Bauer, J.M. (2022). Toward new guardrails for the information society. Telecommunications Policy, 102350. Published online April 6, 2022. DOI
• Bauer, J.M., & Bohlin, E. (2021). Regulation and innovation in 5G markets, Telecommunications Policy. DOI
• Knieps, G., & Bauer, J.M. (2021). Internet of Things and the economics of 5G-based local industrial networks, Telecommunications Policy. DOI
• Hampton, K.N., Robertson, C.T., Fernandez, L., Shin, I., & Bauer, J.M. (2021). How variation in internet access, digital skills, and media use are related to rural student outcomes: GPA, SAT, and educational aspirations. Telematics and Informatics, 101666, DOI.
• Reisdorf, B.C., Blank, G., Bauer, J. M., Cotten, S., Robertson, C.T., & Knittel, M. (2021). Information Seeking Patterns and COVID-19 in the United States. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 1. DOI
• Prado, T.S. & Bauer, J.M. (2021). Improving broadband policy design using market data: A general framework and application to Brazil, Telecommunications Policy, 45(5), 102111, DOI.
• Hong, Soo Jeong, Bauer, Johannes M., Lee, Kwangjin, Granados, Nelson F. (2020). Drivers of supplier participation in ride-hailing services, Journal of Management Information Systems, 37(3), 602-630. Download at DOI.
• Bauer, Johannes M. (2018), The Internet and income inequality, Telecommunications Policy, 42(4): 333-343, available online.

RECENT BOOK

Bauer, Johannes M. & Latzer, Michael (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of the Internet, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2016. Paperback edition 2017.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• Bauer, Johannes M. “The gig economy and income inequality”, Barcelona, Spain, July 2, 2018.
• Bauer, Johannes M. “The digital economy”, Sao Pãolo, Brazil, April 24, 2018.