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.Rmd – difference in differences analysis, summary statistics analysis.ipynb – regression discontinuity design analysis, some descriptive statistics 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_us_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other U.S. firms 'freq_output_non_us_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other non U.S. firms 'freq_output_foreign_apps' – count of future products with the same frequency combination by other foreign firms