TPRC43
September 24 - 26, 2015
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Pre-Conference Session
12:00 pm Capitol Hill Lunch and Learn CANCELLED
DUE TO THE POPE'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON SEPTEMBER 24, WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS SESSION.
A luncheon presentation of timely material for Hill and other government agency staff will be held on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Limited space available.
2:15 pm Graduate Student Consortium
Friday, September 25, 2015
12:00 pm Registration
2:00 pm Panels (click for descriptions)
- Domestic Content Policies in the Broadband Age
- Localizing IP Interconnection: Experiences from Africa and Latin America
- Lessons from BTOP for Broadband Policy and Research
4:00 pm Moderated Commentary Sessions
Privacy: Moderator - Ashkan Soltani, FTC
Copyright: Moderator - Eli Noam Columbia University
Internet Access: Moderator - Jonathan Nuechterlein, FTC
5:30 pm Reception and Poster Session (click for poster listing)
6:30 pm Dinner
7:10 pm Introduction: James Assey, Executive Vice President, NCTA
7:15 pm Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Sallet, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
Jonathan Sallet, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
Mr. Sallet has been a partner in three law firms, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Jenner & Block and Miller, and Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, and served as Chief Policy Counsel for MCI Telecommunications, later MCI WorldCom. Mr. Sallet also served as Director of the Office of Policy & Strategic Planning for the Department of Commerce, and was a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and the Honorable Edward A. Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
9-10:40 am Paper Session I
11:10-12:50 pm Paper Session II
(Five simultaneous tracks of 3 papers per session. For paper titles, click here.)
12:50-2:00 pm Lunch and Student Paper Awards
2:00-3:40 pm Paper Session III
4:10-5:50 pm Paper Session IV
(Five simultaneous tracks of 3 papers per session. For paper titles, click here.)
5:50 pm Reception
6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Remembering Charles Benton
7:40 pm Introduction: Madura Wijewardena, Executive Director for Public Policy, Comcast
7:45 pm Keynote Speaker: Commisioner Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commission
Commisioner Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commission
Ms. Brill was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission on April 6, 2010. Since joining the Commission, Ms. Brill has been working actively on issues of critical importance to today’s consumers, including protecting consumers’ privacy, encouraging appropriate advertising substantiation, guarding consumers from financial fraud, and maintaining competition in industries involving health care and high-tech.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:10am Paper Session V
(Five simultaneous tracks of 3 papers per session. For paper titles, click here.)
11:10-12:50 pm Plenary Panel Session: Industry as an Audience for Academic Policy Research
Paper Sessions
Saturday, September 26, 9:00 am - 10:40 am
Competition and Governance 1
Moderator: Donald Stockdale, Bates White
Market competition following Mexico's Telecommunication and Broadcasting Reform: Present and Future, Cristina Casanueva-Reguart,* Universidad Iberoamericana, Erik Bacilio-Avila, Universidad Iberoamericana
Vertical Effects in Competition Law and Regulatory Decisions in Pay-Television in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, Agustin Diaz Pines,* European Commission; Yuri Biondi, CNRS
Sovereignty and Property Rights: Conceptualizing the Relationship between ICANN, ccTLDs and National Governments, Milton Mueller, Georgia Institute of Technology; Farzaneh Badiei,* University of Hamburg - Institute of Law and Economics (for a copy of the paper please contact the author at farzaneh.badii [at] gmail.com)
Spectrum and Net Neutrality 1
Moderator: Jon Peha, Carnegie Mellon University
Does Today's FCC Have Sufficient Decision Making Throughput to Handle the 21st Century Spectrum Policy Workload? Michael J. Marcus, Virginia Tech ECE Department
Unlicensed Operations in the Lower Spectrum Bands: Why is No One Using the TV White Space and What Does That Mean for the FCC's Order on the 600 MHz Guard Bands?, Dorothy Robyn, Charles Jackson,* Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group
Unlicensed Operations in the 600 MHz Guard Bands: Potential Impact of Interference on the Outcome of the Incentive Auction, Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group; Charles Jackson, Dorothy Robyn*
Innovation 1
Moderator: Scott Marcus, WIK
Adding Enhanced Services to the Internet: Lessons for History, David D. Clark,* MIT CSAIL; KC Claffy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Interconnection and Capacity Allocation for All-IP Networks: Walled Gardens or Full Integration?, Volker Stocker, University of Freiburg
Creating Connectivity: Trust, Distrust, and Social Microstructures at the Core of the Internet, Uta Meier-Hahn,* Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Digital Divide & Mobile 1
Moderator: José-Manuel Bassat, WorldBank
The Training Difference: How Formal Training on the Internet Impacts New Users, John B. Horrigan, Pew Research Center
Techno-Unemployment?, Martha A.Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University - School of Information Studies; Ian MacInnes,* Syracuse University; Johannes M. Bauer, Michigan State University-Department of Media and Information
The Impact of ICTs on Employment in Latin America: A Call for Comprehensive Regulation, Martha A. Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University - School of Information Studies
Privacy & Security 1
Moderator: Michelle De Mooy, Center for Democracy & Technology
Social Media, Smartphones, and Proportional Privacy in Civil Discovery, Agnieszka McPeak, University of Toledo College of Law
Do Not Track for Europe, Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR); Aleecia M. McDonald, Stanford University
Is 'New' 'Stronger'?: Online Behavioral Advertising and Consumer Privacy Legislation, Ju Young Lee, Pennsylvania State University
Saturday, September 26, 11:10 am - 12:50 pm
Competition and Governance 2
Moderator: Matt Hindman, George Washington University
Search Advertising: Is there a Feedback Effect?, Wayne Fu, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Carol Ting, University of Macau, Steven S. Wildman,* Michigan State University; Wenjuan Ma, Michigan State University
The Economic Effects of Domestic Search Engines on the Development of the Online Content Market, Sung Wook Ji, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale - Dept. of Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Zero Rating: Do Hard Rules Protect or Harm Consumers and Competition? Evidence from Chile, Netherlands and Slovenia, Roslyn Layton,* Aalborg University - Center for Communication, Media and Information Studies; Silvia Monica Elaluf-Calderwood, London School of Economics and Political Science
Spectrum and Net Neutrality 2
Moderator: Giulia McHenry, The Brattle Group
Measures of Spectrum Holdings and Spectrum Concentration among Cellular Carriers, Nicholas Tan, Carnegie Mellon University, Jon M. Peha*, Carnegie Mellon University
Risk-Informed Interference Analysis: A Quantitative Basis for Spectrum Allocation Decisions, Jean P. de Vries, University of Colorado at Boulder Law School - Silicon Flatirons Center
Radio Spectrum Management Policy: Revisiting the Debate, Mohamed El-Moghazi,* National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Jason Whalley, Northumbria University; James Irvine, University of Strathclyde
Innovation 2
Moderator: Rosemary Harold, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
Assessing the Health of Local Journalism Ecosystems: Toward a Set of Reliable, Scalable Metrics, Sarah Stonbely,* New York University (NYU), Philip M. Napoli, Rutgers University; Kathleen E. McCollough, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway; Bryce Renninger, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway
The ICT Revolution in Historical Perspective: Progressive Capitalism as a Response to Free Market Fanaticism and Marxist Complaints in the Deployment Phase of the Digital Mode of Production, Mark Cooper, Silicon Flatirons
Does (Screen) Size Matter? News Engagement on Computers, Tablets, and Smartphones, Johanna Dunaway,* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Mingxiao Sui, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Newly Paul, Appalachian State University, Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University
Digital Divide & Mobile 2
Moderator: Heather Hudson, University of Alaska
Internet and Mobile Phone Use by Refugees: The Case of Za'Atari Syrian Refugee Camp, Carleen Maitland, Pennsylvania State University
Same Access, Different Uses, and the Persistent Digital Divide between Urban and Rural Users, Sora Park,* University of Canberra; Gwangjae Kim, Hanyang University - Hanyang Cyber University
Rural Utilities Service Broadband Loans and Economic Performance in Rural America, Kyle G. Browning, Government Accountability Office (GAO); Michael E. Clements,* Government Accountability Office (GAO); Stephen M. Brown, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Privacy & Security 2
Moderator: Sharon Gillett, Microsoft
'What Can I Really Do?': Explaining Online Apathy and the Privacy Paradox, Eszter Hargittai,* Northwestern University - Department of Communication Studies; Alice E. Marwick, Fordham University, Communication and Media Studies; McGannon Center
Elements of Effective Privacy Notices, Amanda B. Grannis, Fordham University - School of Law
Reconsidering the 'Right to Be Forgotten' - Shifting the Debate into the Realm of Memory Rights, Noam Tirosh, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, STUDENT PAPER WINNER
Saturday, September 26, 2:00 - 3:40 pm
Competition and Governance 3
Moderator: Deborah Minehart, Department of Justice
The Impact of Asymmetric Regulation on Product Bundling: The Case of Fixed Broadband and Mobile Communications in Japan, Toshifumi Kuroda,* Tokyo Keizai University; Takanori Ida, Kyoto University; Teppei Koguchi, Shizuoka University
The Role of Triple- and Quadruple-Play Bundles: Hedonic Price Analysis and Industry Performance in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, Agustin Diaz Pines, Centre de Recherche en Gestion - European Commission; Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone,* Toulouse School of Economics
Effects of Media Use Behavior on the Preference for Channel Bundling of Multichannel Services, Sangin Park, Seoul National University; Joohyeon Kim,* Seoul National University
Spectrum and Net Neutrality 3
Moderator: Derek Khlopin, NTIA
Risk Portfolio of Spectrum Usage, Liu Cui,* University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences; Martin B. H. Weiss, University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences
Ex-Post Enforcement in Spectrum Sharing, Amer Malki, University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences; Martin B. H. Weiss, University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences
Spectrum License Design, Sharing, and Exclusion Rights, William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Innovation 3
Moderator: Paul de Sa, Bernstein Research
Measuring Residential Broadband for Policymaking: An Analysis of FCC's Web Browsing Data, Alexander M. Gamero-Garrido, University of California San Diego - CSE, CAIDA and MIT
Comparison between Benefits and Costs of Offload of Mobile Internet Traffic Via Vehicular Networks, Alexandre K. Ligo,* Engineering and Public Policy - Carnegie Mellon University; Jon M. Peha, Carnegie Mellon University; Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management; Jono Barros, Universidade do Porto
Gigabit Broadband, Interconnection Propositions, and the Challenge of Managing Expectations, Steven Bauer,* Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS)
Digital Divide & Mobile 3
Moderator: Jill Moss, USAID
The Persisting Digital Divide in Israel, Amit M. Schejter,* Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Pennsylvania State University; Orit Ben-Harush, Queensland University of Technology; Noam Tirosh, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Using Empirical Estimates of Broadband Utilization to Target Low-Income Broadband Adoption Incentive Programs, Thomas M. Koutsky, Connected Nation Inc.; Chris McGovern,* Connected Nation Inc.; Hongqiang Sun
Local Economic Impacts of Investments in Community Technology Centers: An Empirical Investigation, Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania State University; Jenna Grzeslo,* Pennsylvania State University
Privacy & Security 3
Moderator: David Sobel, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Beyond Standing: How National Security Surveillance Undermines the Reporter's Privilege and the Free Press, Hannah Bloch-Wehba, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, New York University School of Law
Shaping Privacy Law and Policy by Examining the Intersection of Knowledge and Opinions, Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law; Carol M. Hayes,* University of Illinois College of Law; Masooda Bashir, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
0011011 [ESC]ape, Joshua Fairfield, Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Saturday, September 26, 4:10 - 5:50 pm
Competition and Governance 4
Moderator: Geoffrey Why, Mintz Levin
Understanding the Federal Communication Commission's Policy-Making Using Big Data, Adam Candeub,* Michigan State University College of Law; Michael J.Bommarito, Bommarito Consulting, LLC
Right Way Wrong Way: The Fading Legal Justification for Telecommunications Infrastructure Rights of Way, Benjamin W. Cramer, Pennsylvania State University
The Road to an Open Internet is Paved with Pragmatic Disclosure & Transparency Policies, William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL);Erin E. Kenneally,* Elchemy; University of California San Diego; Steven Bauer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS)
Spectrum and Net Neutrality 4
Moderator: Scott Jordan, FCC
The Value of Network Neutrality to European Consumers, Rene Arnold, WIK-Consult GmbH; Martin Waldburger, WIK-Consult GmbH; Anna Schneider, YouGov Deutschland AG; Frieder Schmid, YouGov Deutschland AG; Bastian Morasch, YouGov Deutschland AG
A Semantic Network Analysis of The Network Neutrality Debate, William Rinehart, American Action Forum
Comparative Case Studies in Implementing Net Neutrality: A Critical Analysis, Christopher T. Marsden, University of Sussex Law School
Innovation 4
Moderator: Rod Ludema, U.S. Department of State
Mobile Telecommunications Service and Economic Growth: Evidence from China, Michael R.Ward, University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, Shilin Zheng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Regulating Over-the-Top Service Providers in Two-Sided Content Markets: Insights from the Economic Literature, Jan Kraemer, University of Passau; Michael Wohlfarth,* University of Passau
Business Strategies of Korean TV Players in the Age of Over-the-Top (OTT) Services, Eun-A Park, University of New Haven
Digital Divide & Mobile 4
Moderator: Enrique Iglesias, IDB
Federal Subsidies and Broadband Competition, Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Mobile Communications Policies and National Broadband Strategies in Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons, Policy Issues and Challenges, Prabir K. Neogi,* Carleton University; Rekha Jain, IIMA-IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence - Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Ahmedabad
Technology Broadband Roadmap for Rural Areas in the Andes and Amazon Regions in Peru, David Espinoza,* University of Colorado at Boulder - Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program; David P. Reed, University of Colorado at Boulder, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Privacy & Security 4
Moderator: Daniel Ball, FCC
Risk-Based Vulnerability Disclosure: Towards Optimal Policy, Andrew C. Dingman, Indiana University Security Informatics and Computing; Gianpaolo Russo,* Indiana University Security Informatics and Computing STUDENT PAPER WINNER
Proving Limits of State Data Breach Notification Laws: Is a Federal Law the Most Adequate Solution?, Fabio Bisogni, Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Models for Cybersecurity Incident Information Sharing and Reporting Policies, Josephine Wolff, Rochester Institute of Technology
Sunday, September 27, 9:00 -10:40 am
Competition and Governance 5
Moderator: Harold Feld, Public Knowledge
Against Jawboning, Derek E. Bambauer, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
The Song Remains the Same: What Cyberlaw Might Teach the Next Internet Economy, Kevin D. Werbach, Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Cease and Desist: Copyright Takedown Requests on Google Search, Pawel Popiel, University of Texas at Austin, STUDENT PAPER WINNER
Spectrum and Net Neutrality 5
Moderator: Tim Brennan, University of Maryland Baltimore
Preservation of Best-Effort Service on the Internet in the Presence of Managed Services and Usage-Generated Applications, Debasis Mitra, Columbia University; Qiong Wang,* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Innovational Complementarities and Network Neutrality, Johannes M. Bauer,* Michigan State University-Department of Media and Information; Guenter Knieps, University of Freiburg
Network Neutrality: An Empirical Approach to Legal Interoperability, Luca Belli; Nathalia Foditsch,* FGV
Innovation 5
Moderator: Mike Nelson, Cloudflare
Suing Internet Firms to Police Online Misconduct: An Empirical Study of Intermediary Liability Litigation by Secondary Stakeholders, Jaclyn Selby, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Information and Communication Technologies as Drivers of Social Unrest, Moinul Zaber, LIRNEasia; Martha A. Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University - School of Information Studies; Marcio Wohlers de Almeida
Crowdsourcing Privacy Policy Interpretation, Thomas B. Norton, Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy
Digital Divide & Mobile 5
Moderator: Michael Clements, GAO
Estimating Demand for Fixed-Mobile Bundles and Switching Costs between Tariffs, Julienne Liang, France Telecom; Lukasz Grzybowski, Telecom ParisTech
Analyzing the Characteristic Determinants of Smartphone Post-Paid Pricing in South Korea 2010-2015, Wook Joon Kim, KISDI (for a copy of this paper, please contact the author at wkim [at] kisdi.re.kr)
Competition between Standards and the Prices of Mobile Telecommunication Services: Analysis of Panel Data, Eun-A Park, University of New Haven; Krishna Jayakar,* Pennsylvania State University
Privacy & Security 5
Moderator: David Simpson, FCC
FCC's Authority to Regulate Internet Privacy, Andrew W. Bagley, University of Maryland University College; Justin S. Brown*, University of South Florida
Broadband Industry Structure and Cybercrime: An Empirical Analysis, Carolyn Gideon,* Tufts University - Fletcher School; Christiaan Hogendorn,Wesleyan University - Department of Economics
Out of the Frying Pan & into the Fire: The FCC Takes over Privacy Regulation, Berin M. Szoka, TechFreedom; Tom Struble,* TechFreedom