FCC Product Authorizations

This dataset provides information about products submitted to the U.S. Fedetal Communications Commission, web-scraped from its website (https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid) and enhanced with PatentsView data. Further information available in code and forthcoming paper. Files: fcc_products_analysis.csv.gz – the main data file analysis.ipynb – regression discontinuity design analysis, some descriptive statistics analysis.Rmd – difference in differences analysis, summary statistics, plots Variables: 'fccid' – commonly used product IDs, but not unique and not used in our analysis 'app_id' – ID number of the FCC application, unique per row 'grantee_country' – unique applicant identifier 'country' – country of applicant 'application_date' – date of submission to the FCC, primary date variable 'years_to_treatment' – years to the transparency shock, 0 for the uptake period 'freq_output_new' – binary variable, 1 if product contains new combination of wireless frequencies 'recent_patent' – binary variable, 1 if firm patented in prior 3 years 'deregulated' – binary variable, 1 if product category has been deregulated 'internet' – binary variable, 1 if product contains wireless internet connectivity 'secrecy' – binary variable, 1 if FCC submission claimed long-term confidentiality 'treated' – binary variable, 0 in the pre-period, 1 in the post- period, NA in the uptake period 'class' – product class 'description' – product description 'has_exhibits' – binary variable, 1 if the submission was digitized and includes documentation in PDF 'survival_1y' – binary variable, 1 if the firm submitted at least one product {1, 3, 5} or more years after the application_date 'survival_3y' 'survival_5y' 'freq_output_self_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by the same firm (within 5 years, default) 'freq_output_early_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other firms (within 5 years, default) 'freq_output_3y_self_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by the same firm (within 3 years) 'freq_output_3y_early_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other firms (within 3 years) 'freq_output_7y_self_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by the same firm (within 7 years) 'freq_output_7y_early_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other firms (within 7 years) 'freq_output_inclass_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other firms in the same class 'freq_output_outclass_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other firms in a different class 'freq_output_class_incumbent_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other incumbent firms 'freq_output_class_entrant_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other class entrant firms 'freq_output_entrant_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other entrant firms 'freq_output_domestic_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other domestic firms 'freq_output_foreign_wto_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from countries joining WTO prior to 1998 'freq_output_foreign_non_wto_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from countries not joining WTO prior to 1998 'freq_output_foreign_china_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from China 'freq_output_foreign_taiwan_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from Taiwan 'freq_output_foreign_non_wto_non_china_taiwan_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from countries not joining WTO prior to 1998, and excluding China and Taiwan 'freq_output_foreign_us_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from the U.S. 'freq_output_foreign_wto_non_us_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by foreign firms from countries joining WTO prior to 1998, and excluding the U.S.本数据集收录了提交至美国联邦通信委员会（U.S. Federal Communications Commission，FCC）的产品相关信息，数据从其官方网站（https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid）网络爬取获取，并辅以PatentsView数据进行了扩充完善。更多细节可参见配套代码及即将发表的相关论文。 数据集文件： fcc_products_analysis.csv.gz – 主数据文件 analysis.ipynb – 断点回归设计分析代码，附带部分描述性统计结果 analysis.Rmd – 双重差分分析代码，包含汇总统计量与可视化图表 变量说明： 'fccid'：通用产品标识符，但不具备唯一性，本研究未将其用于分析 'app_id'：FCC申请编号，每行数据唯一对应 'grantee_country'：申请人唯一标识符 'country'：申请人所在国家 'application_date'：提交至FCC的申请日期，为本研究核心日期变量 'years_to_treatment'：至透明度冲击的时间跨度，政策实施当期取值为0 'freq_output_new'：二元变量，若产品包含新型无线频率组合则取值为1 'recent_patent'：二元变量，若企业在申请前3年内申请过专利则取值为1 'deregulated'：二元变量，若产品所属类别已解除管制则取值为1 'internet'：二元变量，若产品支持无线互联网连接则取值为1 'secrecy'：二元变量，若FCC提交的申请声明需长期保密则取值为1 'treated'：二元变量，政策实施前期取值为0，实施后期取值为1，政策实施当期取值为NA 'class'：产品类别 'description'：产品描述 'has_exhibits'：二元变量，若提交材料已数字化并包含PDF格式文档则取值为1 'survival_1y'：二元变量，若企业在申请日期后至少1年提交过至少一款产品则取值为1 'survival_3y'：二元变量，若企业在申请日期后至少3年提交过至少一款产品则取值为1 'survival_5y'：二元变量，若企业在申请日期后至少5年提交过至少一款产品则取值为1 'freq_output_self_apps'：同企业在默认5年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_early_apps'：其他企业在默认5年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_3y_self_apps'：同企业在3年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_3y_early_apps'：其他企业在3年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_7y_self_apps'：同企业在7年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_7y_early_apps'：其他企业在7年内推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_inclass_apps'：同一产品类别内其他企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_outclass_apps'：不同产品类别内其他企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_class_incumbent_apps'：同一类别内在位其他企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_class_entrant_apps'：同一类别内新进入其他企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_entrant_apps'：其他新进入企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_domestic_apps'：其他国内企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_wto_apps'：1998年前加入WTO的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_non_wto_apps'：1998年前未加入WTO的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_china_apps'：来自中国的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_taiwan_apps'：来自中国台湾地区的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_non_wto_non_china_taiwan_apps'：1998年前未加入WTO且排除中国、中国台湾地区的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_us_apps'：来自美国的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量 'freq_output_foreign_wto_non_us_apps'：1998年前加入WTO且排除美国的外国企业推出的采用相同频率组合的后续产品数量