| Agenda 2000 | ||
| Saturday, September 23, 2000 | ||
| 1:00pm - 7:00pm | Registration | Upper Foyer |
| Tutorials | Magnolia Room | |
| 2:15pm - 4:00pm | Session 1: FCC and the Internet: 30 Years of Unregulation [Paper:doc] | |
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Presenters: |
Robert Cannon, FCC | |
| Michael Kende, FCC | ||
| 4:15pm - 6:00pm | Session 2: Real Options and Implications for Regulators [Paper:pdf] | |
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Presenter: |
James Alleman, University of Colorado | |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Reception/Cash Bar | Outside Terrace |
| 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Dinner | Terrace Ballroom |
| 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Opening Session | Terrace Ballroom |
| Welcoming Remarks | ||
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By: |
Shane Greenstein, Program Committee Chair | |
| Plenary Session: | Access Technologies and How They Will Connect | |
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Chair: |
Gerry Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania and Federal Communications Commission | |
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Panelists: |
Richard Solomon, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Dan Spulber, Northwestern University | ||
| Bill McCarthy, Boardwatch Magazine | ||
| Mark Lemley, University of California, Berkeley | ||
| Dale Hatfield, Federal Communications Commission | ||
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Sunday, September 24, 2000 |
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| 7:30am-4:00pm | Registration | Lower Foyer | ||
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast | Magnolia Room | ||
| 8:30am-10:00am |
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| Beech Room |
Session: |
Mass Media | ||
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Chair: |
Andrew Schwartzman, Media Access Project | |||
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Papers: |
Webradio, Satellite Radio, and Digital Audio Broadcasting: Competition and Coordination in Standards and Markets | |||
| Titus Levi, University of Southern California | ||||
| Public Service Internet? Public Service Broadcasting and the Internet: An Int'l Comparative Study | ||||
| Amit Schejter, Tel Aviv University | ||||
| Should Congress Establish a Compulsory License for Internet Video Providers to Retransmit Over-the-Air TV Station Programming Via the Internet? | ||||
| Michael Wirth, University of Denver | ||||
| Larry Collette, University of Denver | ||||
| The Old Politics of the New TV: An Institutional Perspective on the Transition to Digital TV in the U.S. and Western Europe | ||||
| Hernan Galperin, University of Southern California | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
Globalization of the Knowledge Economy | ||
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Chair: |
Paul Margie, Senator Rockefeller's Office | |||
| Papers: | The Competitive Balance of the Italian and American Film Industries [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| David Waterman, Indiana University | ||||
| Krishna Jayakar, Penn State University | ||||
| Knowledge Networks, the Internet, and Development | ||||
| Lee McKnight, Tufts University | ||||
| Peter Cukor, Tufts University | ||||
| Market Hierarchy, Copyright and Free Expression in an Age of Global Communication [Abstract.txt] | ||||
| Neil Netanel, University of Texas | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
Design of Digital Distribution for Intellectual Property | ||
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Chair: |
Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley | |||
| Papers: | Napster, Copyright and Markets [Paper:doc] | |||
| Michael Einhorn, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and William Paterson University | ||||
| Copyright in the Age of Distributed Applications [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Seth Greenstein, McDermott, Will & Emery | ||||
| Fair Use Infrastructure for Copyright Management Systems | ||||
| Dan Burk, University of Minnesota | ||||
| Julie Cohen, Georgetown University | ||||
| Copyright and Internet Music Transmissions: Existing Law, Major Controversies, Possible Solutions [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Anthony Reese, University of Texas | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Statistical Studies of Producer and Regulator Behavior | ||
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Chair: |
Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University | |||
| Papers: | An Empirical Study of the Subscription-Television Services Market with Competitive Providers [Abstract:txt] | |||
| John Karikari, US General Accounting Office | ||||
| Stephen Brown, US General Accounting Office | ||||
| Amy Abramowitz, US General Accounting Office | ||||
| The Dynamics of Regulatory Lobbying: A Study of Payphone Compensation | ||||
| John de Figueiredo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| James Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Preference Externalities: An Empirical Study of Who Benefits Whom in Differentiated Product Markets [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Joel Waldfogel, University of Pennsylvania | ||||
| High Speed Internet Access Diffusion: An Analysis of Internet Service Providers' Firm Strategy | ||||
| Joseph Bailey, University of Maryland | ||||
| 10:00am-10:30am | Break | Upper Lobby | ||
| 10:30am-12:00pm | ||||
| Beech Room |
Session: |
End to End Network Policy | ||
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Chair: |
Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission | |||
| Papers: | The Mobile Telephone Cluster in the Nordic Countries: Policies to Foster Innovation and Success Through Provider Competition and Knowledge Alliance Development [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| John Rice, Queensland University of Technology | ||||
| Mark Shadur, Queensland University of Technology | ||||
| The End of End to End: Preserving the Architecture of the Internet in the Broadband Era | ||||
| Lawarence Lessig, Harvard Law School | ||||
| Mark Lemley, University of California, Berkeley | ||||
| A Common Carrier Approach to Internet Interconnection | ||||
| Jim Speta, Northwestern University | ||||
| Rules from Truth: Post-Convergence Policy for Access [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Francois Bar, Stanford University | ||||
| Christian Sandvig, Stanford University | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
Asymmetric Regulation and Development | ||
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Chair: |
Robert Cannon, Federal Communications Commission | |||
| Papers: | "Pull Policy" for Growth of Telecommunications in Rural Areas - A Case Study of Indian Telecom [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| Anjali Nigam, MS University | ||||
| Ajit Nigam, Railway Staff College | ||||
| Socio-economic Impact of Rural Telecom: Implications for Policy | ||||
| Rekha Jain , Indian Institute of Management | ||||
| Trilochan Sastry, Indian Institute of Management | ||||
| Regulatory Opportunities in Telecommunications: The Unlevel Competitive Playing Field [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Rob Frieden, Penn State University | ||||
| Assessing the WTO Agreement on China's Telecommunications Regulatory Reforming and Industrial Liberalization [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Bing Zhang, The Ohio State University | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
Institutional Influences on the Design of Intellectual Property Rights | ||
| Chair: | Michael Niebel, European Commission | |||
| Papers: | Networks and the Evolution of Property Rights in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy [Paper:pdf] | |||
| D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University | ||||
| Technology and the Changing Nature of Copyright Enforcement [Abstract:txt] | ||||
| Matt Jackson, Penn State University | ||||
| Cross-Sectoral Differences in Intellectual Property Enforcement in Developing Countries: The Role of State-Industry Linkages | ||||
| Krishna Jayakar, Penn State University | ||||
| The Expansion of the Patent System: Politics and Political Economy | ||||
| Brian Kahin, University of Maryland | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Evolution of Industry Structure | ||
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Chair: |
Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University | |||
| Papers: | Paragons of Virtue? Entry Threat and Strategies of Incumbents in the US Local Telecommunications Industry [Abstract:txt] | |||
| Heli Koski, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy | ||||
| Sumit Majumdar, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine | ||||
| Entry in Regulated Monopoly Markets: The Development of a Competitive Fringe in the Local Telephone Industry | ||||
| Jaison Abel, Analysis Group\Economics | ||||
| The InterNAT: Policy Implications of the Internet Architecture Debate [Abstract:pdf] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Hans Kruse, Ohio University | ||||
| William Yurcik, Illinois State University | ||||
| Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University | ||||
| Regulatory Convergence in the Information Industry [Abstract:pdf] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Martha Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University | ||||
| Ian MacInnes, Syracuse University | ||||
| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch |
Plaza Ballroom C | ||
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Speaker: |
Timothy Bresnahan, Stanford University | |||
| Competition and Competition Policy in High Technology Industries | ||||
| 1:45pm-3:15pm |
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| Beech Room |
Session: |
E-Commerce | ||
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Chair: |
Elliot Maxwell, Department of Commerce | |||
| Papers: | The Next Stage in the Digital Economy: Nano-Transactions and Nano-Regulation | |||
| Eli Noam, Columbia University | ||||
| The Dynamics of Competition in the Internet Search Engine Market [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University and CEPR | ||||
| Self-Regulation and System Crashes in E-Commerce: Lessons from Airlines' History | ||||
| Walter Effross, American University | ||||
| Quantifying the Benefits of E-procurement: A Detailed Analysis of SMEs in the UK [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Chris Doyle, Charles River Associates | ||||
| Paul McShane, London Economics | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
Social Issues in Community Adoption of ICT's | ||
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Chair: |
Jorge Schement, Penn State University | |||
| Papers: | Social and Cultural Dimensions of the Digital Divide: A Comparative Analysis of Adopters and Non-Adopters of Free Internet Service in a Rural Community | |||
| Loy Singleton, University of Alabama | ||||
| Steven Rockwell, University of Alabama | ||||
| From African Village to Global Village: Lessons in Bridging the African Digital Divide [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Heather Hudson, University of San Francisco | ||||
| Re-Examining the Digital Divide | ||||
| Benjamin Compaine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity? Telecommunications and Socioeconomic Development in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region in the U.S. [Abstract:txt] [Paper:doc] | ||||
| Roberta Lentz, University of Texas at Austin | ||||
| Michael Oden, University of Texas at Austin | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
Regulatory Designs for Economic Growth | ||
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Chair: |
Martin Taschdjian, The National Cable Television Center | |||
| Papers: | Effects of the Entrance of a Second GSM Operator on the Cellular Telecommunications Market and on the Incumbent Operator | |||
| Kirsten Pehrsson, Strategic Policy Research, Inc. | ||||
| Jeffrey Rohlfs, Strategic Policy Research, Inc. | ||||
| Carlo Rossotto, the World Bank | ||||
| Michel Kerf, the World Bank | ||||
| Telecommunications Liberalization in Central and Eastern Europe: "Further on Up the Road" of Institutional, Policy, and Industry Change | ||||
| Stephen McDowell, Florida State University | ||||
| Kostadin Kostadinov, Florida State University | ||||
| Developing Telecommunications Infrastructure: State and Local Policy Collisions [Abstract.pdf] [Paper.pdf] | ||||
| Sharon Strover, University of Texas | ||||
| Lon Berquist, University of Texas | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Does Policy Determine Design or Vice Versa? | ||
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Chair: |
Jean Camp, Harvard University | |||
| Papers: | The Digital Dilemma: A Perspective on Intellectual Property in the Information Age | |||
| Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley | ||||
| Randall Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Publius: A Robust, Tamper-evident, Censorship-resistant Web Publishing System | ||||
| Lorrie Cranor, AT&T Labs-Research | ||||
| Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs-Research | ||||
| Marc Waldman, New York University | ||||
| Assessing the Influence of Design on Policy: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Emerging Signaling Protocols | ||||
| Douglas Sicker, Federal Communications Commission | ||||
| Rethinking the Design of the Internet: The End-to-end Arguments vs. the Brave New World [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Marjory Blumenthal, Computer Science & Telecommunications Board | ||||
| 3:15pm-3:45pm | Break | Upper Foyer | ||
| 3:45pm-5:15pm | ||||
| Beech Room |
Panel Discussion |
Shaping the Debate or Setting the Agenda? Think Tanks, Research Institutes in the Policy Making Process | ||
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Chair: |
William Drake, Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace | |||
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Presenters: |
Pamela Samuelson, University of California | |||
| Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information | ||||
| Jamie Love, Consumer Project on Technology | ||||
| Walter Baer, RAND | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
Policy Issues for Effective Universal Service | ||
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Chair: |
Ben Compaine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
| Papers: | Community-Centered Initiatives Addressing the Digital Divide: Challenges to Traditional Telecommunications Policy and Governance | |||
| Patrick Hadley, Florida State University | ||||
| Stephen McDowell, Florida State University | ||||
| Texas Public Policy: Community Networks Statewide [Abstract & Paper:pdf] [Appendix I:pdf] [Appendix II:pdf] | ||||
| Gene Crick, TeleCommunity Resource Center | ||||
| From C to Shining C: Competition and Cross-subsidy in Communications | ||||
| Bradley Wimmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | ||||
| Gregory Rosston, Stanford University | ||||
| The Impact of Telecommunications Reform on Residential Teledensity: Analysis of Cross-Country Panel Data | ||||
| Krishna Jayakar, Penn State University | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
International Governance: ICANN, the EU, and the Globalization of the Internet Economy | ||
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Chair: |
Julie Cohen, Georgetown University | |||
| Papers: | Does a Hierarchical Internet Necessitate Multilateral Intervention? [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| Rob Frieden, Penn State University | ||||
| The Pantomime Trojan Horse: US-EU State-Firm Relations in Internet Governance | ||||
| Chris Marsden, ESRC Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalisation | ||||
| ICANN and Internet Governance: Leveraging Technical Coordination to Extend State and Market into Cyberspace | ||||
| Hans Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology | ||||
| Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy | ||||
| Milton Mueller, Syracuse University | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Internet Bandwidth & Spectrum Allocation: Economics and Architecture | ||
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Chair: |
William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
| Papers: | A Broadband Access Market Framework: Towards Consumer Service Level Agreements | |||
| Lee McKnight, Tufts University | ||||
| William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Generation Networks and the Regulation of Interconnection | ||||
| Stanford Levin, Southern Illinois university at Edwardsville | ||||
| Mark Kolesar, TELUS | ||||
| Dynamic Bandwidth Provisioning Economy of a Market-Based IP QoS Interconnection: IntServ-DiffServ | ||||
| Junseok Hwang, Syracuse University | ||||
| Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh | ||||
| Seung-Jae Shin, University of Pittsburgh | ||||
| Real-time Services and the Fragmentation of the Internet | ||||
| Michael Kende, Federal Communications Commission | ||||
| Douglas Sicker, Federal Communications Commission | ||||
| 6:00pm | Reception | Outside Terrace | ||
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | Dinner | Magnolia Room | ||
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Monday, September 25, 2000 |
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| 7:30am-12:00pm | Registration | Upper Lobby Foyer | ||
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast | Magnolia Room | ||
| 8:30am-10:00am | ||||
| Beech Room |
Session: |
International Internet Telephony | ||
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Chair: |
Lee McKnight, Tufts University | |||
| Papers: | Pricing International IP Telephony | |||
| Arturo Briceno, Strategic Policy Research, Inc. | ||||
| DoCoMo as National Champion: I-mode, W-CDMA and NTT's Role as Japan's Pilot Organization in Global Telecommunications [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| John Ratliff, Santa Clara University | ||||
| Regulatory Treatment of IP Transport and Service [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Joshua Mindel, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
User Studies | ||
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Chair: |
Lorrie Faith Cranor, AT&T Labs-Research | |||
| Papers: | System Design, User Cost and Electronic Usage of Journals [Paper:pdf] | |||
| Robert Gazzale, University of Michigan | ||||
| Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan | ||||
| Long-term Cable Modem Use and Satisfaction | ||||
| Anne Hoag, The Pennsylvania State University | ||||
| Beyond Logs and Surveys: In-Depth Measures of People's Web Use | ||||
| Eszter Hargittai, Princeton University | ||||
| New Internet Users: What They Do Online, What They Don't, and Implications for the Net's Future | ||||
| John Horrigan, Pew Internet and American Life Project | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
Access, Pinch Points and Antitrust | ||
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Chair: |
Howard Shelanski, University of California at Berkeley | |||
| Papers: | Broadband Internet: Open Access and Content Competition | |||
| Chris Hogendorn, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies | ||||
| Licensing and Access to Innovations in Telecommunications and Information Services | ||||
| Debra Aron, LECG, Inc. | ||||
| Steve Wildman, Michigan State University | ||||
| Efficient Interconnection Regimes for Competing Networks | ||||
| Patrick DeGraba, Federal Communications Commission | ||||
| Broadband Architectures, ISP Business Models, and Open Access | ||||
| Shawn O'Donnell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Infrastructure | ||
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Chair: |
Gerry Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania and Federal Communications Commission | |||
| Papers: | The Pace of Transmission Technology | |||
| Michael Noll, University of Southern California | ||||
| Broadband Access Networks and the Emergence of Voice Over IP (VoIP): An Economic Analysis of Cable and ADSL | ||||
| Daniel Fryxell, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| Steven Lanning, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies | ||||
| Accessibility of Broadband Telecommunication Services by Various Segments of the American Population | ||||
| David Gabel, Queens College | ||||
| Florence Kwan, City University of New York | ||||
| 10:00am-10:30am | Break | Upper Foyer | ||
| 10:30am-12:00pm | ||||
| Beech Room |
Session: |
Wireless Appliances and Policy | ||
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Chair: |
David Farber, University of Pennsylvania and Federal Communications Commission | |||
| Papers: | Bluetooth: Towards a Cooperative Model of Technological Innovation in Model Telephony [Abstract:txt] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| John Rice, Queensland University of Technology | ||||
| Mark Shadur, Queensland University of Technology | ||||
| Taxonomy of Internet Appliances | ||||
| William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Sharon Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| John Wroclawski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| Dave Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||
| International Roaming Charges Over-charging and Competition Law | ||||
| Ewan Sutherland, INTUG | ||||
| Wireline vs. Wireless Internet Access: Comparing the United States and Japan [Abstract:pdf] | ||||
| Emily Murase, Stanford University | ||||
| Walnut Room |
Session: |
Regulation of Online Activity | ||
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Chair: |
Alan Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology | |||
| Papers: | Bertelsmann Burdens: Jurisprudential and Free Expression Implications of a Global Internet Ratings System [Abstract:txt] | |||
| Justin Brown, Penn State University | ||||
| A Layered Model for Internet Policy [Paper:pdf] | ||||
| Kevin Werbach, Release 1.0 | ||||
| Differential Application of US Constitutional Law | ||||
| Sandra Braman, University of Alabama | ||||
| Internet Consumer Behavior Privacy and its Impact on Internet Policy | ||||
| Julia Earp, North Carolina State University | ||||
| Gale Meyer, North Carolina State University | ||||
| Terrace Room East |
Session: |
Best Student Papers | ||
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Chair: |
TBA | |||
| Papers: | The Internet Disconnect in Children's Policy: A User Study of Outcomes for Internet Access Subsidies and Content Regulation [Abstract:pdf] [Paper:pdf] | |||
| Christian Sandvig, Stanford University | ||||
| Weaving the Western Web Explaining Differences in Internet Connectivity Among OECD Countries | ||||
| Eszter Hargittai, Princeton University | ||||
| The Paradox of News Bias: How Local TV Broadcasters Influence Telecommunications Policy | ||||
| James Snider, Northwestern University | ||||
| Terrace Room West |
Session: |
Pricing Structures | ||
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Chair: |
Neil Gandal, University of California-Berkeley and Tel Aviv University | |||
| Papers: | Current Issues in the Pricing of Telecommunications Services | |||
| David Gabel, Queens College | ||||
| Market Structure, Pricing and Interconnection in Congestible Communication Networks | ||||
| Philipp Afeche, Northwestern University | ||||
| Haim Mendelson, Stanford University | ||||
| Information Complements, Substitutes and Strategic Product Design | ||||
| Geoffrey Parker, Tulane University | ||||
| Marshall Van Alstyne, University of Michigan | ||||
| Valuing the Net: The Pricing of Dial-up Internet Access | ||||
| Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University | ||||
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch | Magnolia Room | ||
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Conference Adjournment |
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