 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (April 2022) |
Harvey J. Levin | |
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| Born | July 1, 1924 |
| Died | April 30, 1992 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Regulatory economics, Communications economics |
| Institution | Hofstra University (1955–92) Columbia (1953–55, 1947–49) Penn State (1950–54) Bard (1949–50) Rutgers (1948–49) |
| Alma mater | Columbia (Ph.D. 1953, A.M. 1948) Hamilton (A.B. '44) |
| Influences | John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes Broadus Mitchell William Vickrey |
Harvey Joshua Levin (July 1, 1924 – April 30, 1992) was an American economist. He was university research professor in the Department of Economics at Hofstra University (1989–92), Augustus B. Weller Professor of Economics at Hofstra (1964–89), and founder and director of its Public Policy Workshop (1975–92). He had previously served as professor at Columbia University. He was also a senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research.[1]
Levin is generally considered the first economist to propose the auctioning of broadcast frequencies as a means of allocating the airwaves as a natural resource. His work anticipated the evolution of television, satellites, cellular telephones, electronic remote boxes and wireless internet, and their demands on increasingly congested airwaves.[2][3][4][5]
He consulted for the President's Office of Telecommunications Management, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FCC's Public Advisory Committee on the World Administrative Radio Conferences (WARC88), the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, the General Accounting Office, the Committee for Economic Development, the Department of Justice/Antitrust Division, and the Federal Trade Commission/Bureau of Economics.[6]
- ^ Hofstra University Archives Faculty Collection: Harvey J. Levin Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Resources, "RFF Redux: Revisiting The Invisible Resource – Use and Regulation of the Radio Spectrum", Fall 1996 issue
- ^ Resources, "Reflections", Molly K. Macauley, Summer 2002 issue
- ^ National Journal, "Ideas Change the World – And One Think Tank Quietly Did," Jonathan Rauch, October 5, 2002
- ^ Resources for the Future 50th Anniversary Symposium, October 15, 2002
- ^ Hofstra University Archives Faculty Collection: Harvey J. Levin Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine