SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1996

2:00pm-7:00pm
Registration

2:15pm-4:00pm
TUTORIALS:

Title: Economic FAQs About the Internet

Speaker: Hal Varian, Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California

4:15pm-6:00pm

Title: Telecommunications Act of 1996

Speakers:

Kathleen Levitz, Deputy Bureau Chief, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC

Richard Metzger, Jr., Deputy Bureau Chief, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC

5:30pm-6:30pm

Reception/CashBar

6:30pm-7:30pm

Dinner

7:30pm-9:00pm

Opening Plenary Session

Welcoming Remarks by David Waterman, IndianaUniversity -24th Conference Organizing Committee Chair

Session: Regulating On-Line Content: Mechanisms for Household and Local Control

Chair: Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Speakers: Paul Resnick, AT&T Labs and Robin Raskin, Editor, Family PC Magazine

SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 1996

8:00am-5:00pm
Registration

7:30am-8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am-10:00am

Pricing the Internet
Chair: Joseph Bailey and Lee McKnight, Massachussets Institute of Technology

Papers:

A Dynamic Study of Price and Traffic Behavior in Interconnected Packet Networks

Martin Weiss, Taieb Znati, Saadulah Tareen, University of Pittsburgh and William Lehr, Columbia University

Measuring What Internet Users Value: The INDEX Project

Richard Edell, Harish Chand and Pravin Varaiya, University of California - Berkeley

Pricing for Internet Addresses and Route Assignments

Yakov Rekhter, Cisco; Paul Resnick and Steve Bellovin, AT&T Labs

Discussant: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Comparative Studies: Rates and Regulation in Europe and the USA

Chair: Jean Paul Simon, France Telecom

Papers:

How to Compare Rates. The OECD Perspective

Sam Paltridge, OECD

What Can - and Cannot - be Concluded From the OECD's International Rate Comparisons?

Dale Orr, Economic Analysis Associates

Adapting the European Union Telecommunications Regulatory Framework to the Developing Digital Integrated Services Environment [abstract]

Richard Cawley, European Commission

Discussant: Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

Essential Facilities and Vertical Integration in Telecommunications

Chair: Tim Brennan , University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Papers:

A Theoretical Analysis of Vertical Reintegration Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996

David Kaserman, T. Randolph Beard and John Mayo, Auburn University

Is Local Exchange Interconnection Discriminatory?

David Reiffen, Federal Trade Commission; Laurence Schumann, Glassman-Oliver; and Michael Ward, University of Illinois

Opportunism in the Presence of an Essential Facility [abstract postcript] [abstract pdf]

Chris Doyle, London Business School

The Impact of the 1992 Cable Act on Consumer Demand and Welfare: A Discrete Choice Differentiated Products Approach. Prize Winner - Graduate Student Research Award

Gregory Crawford, Duke University

Discussant: John Kwoka, George Washington University

10:00am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-12:00pm

Cost Structure of the Local Exchange
Chair: William Sharkey , FCC

Papers:

Feasibility of Using Radio Relay in Low Tier Wireless Local Loop Systems

Hung-Yao Yeh and Alex Hills, Carnegie Mellon University

The Effect of Cellular Service on the Cost Structure of a Land-Based Telephone Network

David Gabel, Queens College and D. Mark Kennet, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Cost of Basic Network Elements: Theory, Modeling and Policy Implications

Daniel Kelley, Richard Chandler and Robert Mercer, Hatfield Associates, Inc.

Discussant: Jay Atkinson, Federal Communications Commission

Universal Service

Chair: Jorge Schement, Penn State University

Papers

Universal Service: Migration of Methaphors [paper html] [abstract]

Harmeet Sawhney and Krishna Jayakar, Indiana University

Universal Service and the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Towards a Third Generation of Universal Service Policy

Milton Mueller, Rutgers University

Universal Service

Larry Povich, FCC

Reconsidering Universal Service as a Menu

Jorge Reigna Schement and Martin Blizinski, Penn State University

Network Architecture Implications

Chair: Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan

Papers:

Combining Sender and Receiver Payment Schemes on the Internet

David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Economic Implications of Service Integration in Telecommunications Networks

Jon Peha, Qiong Wang and Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University

Changes in the Household-Level Demand for Postal Delivery Services from 1986 to 1994

Frank Wolak, Stanford University

12:00pm-1:30pm

Lunch

12:30pm-1:30pm

Lunch Plenary Session:

Implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act: A Work in Progress

Chair: Lisa Rosenblum, Cablevision Systems Corporation

Speakers:

Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission

Cheryl Parrino, National Association of Regulatory Commissioners

1:45pm-3:15pm

Pricing Issues in Interconnected Networks
Chair: Nicholas Economides, New York Univ.

Papers:

Strategic Commitments and the Principle of Reciprocity in Interconnection Pricing

Nicholas Economides, Giuseppe Lopomo, and Glenn Woroch; Stern School of Business

Call Externalities, Network Externalities and Network Interconnection

Padmanab Srinagesh and Jiong Gong, Bellcore

Standardization Policy and International Trade

Oz Shy and Neil Gandal, The University of Michigan and Tel Aviv University

Discussant: Tim Brennan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Law and Information Policy

Chair: Jessica Litman, Wayne State University

Papers:

A Politics of Intellectual Property[paper pdf]

James Boyle, American University

Intellectual Value and Intellectual Property

Margaret Chon, Syracuse University College of Law

Barriers to Entry and Security Concerns of US Internet and non-Internet Users: A National Survey of Issues and Analysis of Policy Implications

James Katz , Bellcore

Discussant: Margaret Jane Radin, Stanford Law School

Political Economy of Telecommunications Policy Making

Chair: Thomas Hazlett , University of California-Davis and American Enterprise Institute

Papers:

Restructuring the Telecommunications Sector in Southeast Asia: Privatization Policies and Pitfalls

Heather Hudson, University of San Francisco

Voting on Prices: The Political Economy of Regulation [abstract]

Gerald Faulhaber , University of Pennsylvania

Strategic Liberalization: Mapping a Course for Sustainable Telecommunications Infrastructure Development

Brian Regli , HRN

Now Bell has a Hammer: Telephone Company Use of the First Amendment to Batter Down Entry Barriers. 2nd Place Winner of Graduate Student Research Award

Susan Dente Ross , Washington State University

International Developments in Video Distribution: Cable Telephony and Set Top Box Standards

Chair: Jonathan Levy, FCC

Papers:

Cable Telephony as a Business: the UK Experience[abstract]

John Cluny, OFTEL

Local Network Competition on Optus Vision's HFC Network [abstract]

Ian Martin, BZW Australia

Standards Issues in Digital Television: The Common Set Top Box

Martin Cave and Campbell Cowie, Brunell University

Discussant: David Reed, CableLabs

3:15pm-3:30pm

Break

3:30pm-5:00pm

Plenary Session:

Implementation Of The 1996 Telecommunications Act: Ohio Case Study

Chair: Lynne Butler, Ohio Public Utilities Commission

Speakers:

Neil Cox, Ameritech

Marsha Schermer, Time Warner Communications

Joseph Farrell, FCC

5:00pm-9:00pm

Dinner

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1996

7:30am-8:30am
Breakfast

8:30am-10:00am

Spectrum Management
Chair: Evan Kwerel, FCC

Papers:

Satellite Spectrum Auctions: Regulatory Feedback in Transitional Markets

[paper pdf][abstract]

George Morgan, Julia Kwok, and Pankaj Lal, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State Univ.

Spectrum Sharing Without Licenses: Advantages and Pitfalls [paper eps][abstract]

Jon Peha and Durga Satapathy , Carnegie Mellon University

Efficient Relocation of Spectrum Incumbents[abstract]

Peter Cramton, University of Maryland; Evan Kwerel and John Williams, FCC

Cable/Telco/Internet Competition

Chair: Mark Corbitt, FCC

Papers:

Dialing for Dollars: Will the FCC Regulate Internet Telephony? [abstract]

Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University

Telecommunications Addressing: The Changing Technical Requirements and Institutional Environments

John L. King and Ashley Andeen, University of California, Irvine

Discussants: Sharon Eisner Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brian Kahin, Harvard University

Speech on Line

Chair: Wendy J. Gordon, Boston University

Papers:

The Great (Fire) Wall of China: Security and Information Policy Issues in the People's Republic of China[paper][abstract]

William Yurcik, University of Pittsburgh, Ravi Sandhu, George Mason University and Zixiang Tan, Syracuse University

A Critical Look at Internet Ratings Systems[abstract]

Jonathan Weinberg, Wayne State University

Bedrooms, Bar Rooms, and Boardrooms in Cyberspace[paper html][abstract]

L. Jean Camp, Sandia National Labs and Donna Riley, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant: Judith Harris, Attorney

10:00am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-12:00pm

Regulation of Network Interconnection and Access
Chair: Gerald Brock, George Washington University

Papers:

Telecommunications Pricing for Efficient Local Competition

John Haring and Jeffrey Rohlfs, Strategic Policy Research

Regulation: Can't Live With It - Can't Live Without It

Ken Gordon, NERA

Dearie Me: FDC at the FCC

Michael Katz, University of California - Berkeley

Implications of the New Interconnection Rules for the Telecommunication Industry

Gerald Brock, George Washington University

Policy Barriers to Infrastructure Investment

Chair: Thomas Aust, Citicorp Securities Inc.

Papers:

Investing Under Conditions of Uncertainty[abstract]

Marjory Blumenthal, National Research Council

State Initiatives to Increase Investment[abstract]

James Sweetman, Jr, U. S. General Accounting Office

Canada's New Regulatory Framework: A Formula for Infrastructure Development?

Kevin Wilson, Tele-universite, Universite du Quebec

Discussant: Lawrence Darby, Darby Associates

Electronic Commerce

Chair: Lorrie Faith Cranor, Washington University

Papers:

The Social Impact of Electronic Money in Australia:Residential Users' Perspective on Electronic Commerce [abstract]

Supriya Singh, Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies

An Axiomatic Approach to Evaluating and Selecting Digital Money Mechanisms [paper pdf] [abstract]

Jeff MacKie-Mason and Kimberly White, University of Michigan

Online Services and "Transactional Space": Conceptualizing the Policy Issues [abstract]

Peter White, La Trobe University

Discussant: Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

Adjourn