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2006 Program 

    

Saturday, September 30, 2006

2:00 PM - 3:40 PM Sessions

    
  

 

Externalities and Effective Regulation
    

Moderator:  

 Scott Marcus
    

Papers:

Network Externalities and Interconnection Incentives
Margit Vanberg, Centre for Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
     
Quantifying the Benefits of Entry into Local Phone Service
    Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, New York University
    Katja Seim, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    V. Brian Viard, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  
  Using Uncensored Communication Channels to Divert Spam Traffic
    Benjamin Chiao, School of Information, University of Michigan
    Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, Department of Economics, and School of Information, University of Michigan
    

Net Neutrality and Open Access II

    

Moderator:  

Bob Pepper
    
Papers: Was the Internet Ever Neutral?
Craig McTaggart, TELUS Communications Company
    
The New Network Neutrality:   Criteria for Internet Freedom
    Sascha D. Meinrath, Institute for Communications Research, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Victor W. Pickard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
     
  Towards Neutral Ground on Net Neutrality
    Simon Wilkie
    Jonathan Aronson
    Francois Bar
      
Network Neutrality or Bias?--Handicapping the Odds for a Tiered and Branded Internet
    Rob Frieden, Penn State University
    

Spectrum Policy III – Shared Use of Bandwidth

    

Moderator:  

Paul Kolodzy, former FCC
    
Papers: Examining The Wireless Commons
Douglas C. Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder
Dirk Grunwald, University of Colorado-Boulder
Eric Anderson, University of Colorado-Boulder
Christian Doerr, University of Colorado-Boulder
Brita Munsinger, University of Colorado-Boulder
Anmol Sheth, University of Colorado-Boulder
    
Spectrum Policy Wonderland: A Critique of Conventional Property Rights and Commons Theory in a World of Low Power Wireless Devices
J. H. Snider, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation
    
Achieving Dynamic Spectrum Allocation:   Governance Rules for a Mixed Private-Commons Regime
    Mark Cooper, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford University Law School
   
 

Digital Divide, Affordable Access and Sustainable Development II

    

Moderator:  

 J.P. Singh, Georgetown
    
Papers: Telecentres and Sustainable Community Development in South Africa
Zandi Lesame, Department of Communication Science, University of South Africa
    
Re-evaluating FCC Policies Concerning the Lifeline and Link-Up Programs
Lynne Holt, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida
Mark Jamison, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida
      
Improving the Affordability of Telecommunications:   Cross-Fertilisation between the Developed and Developing World
    Claire Milne, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics
    
 

Media Concentration and Content Issues

    

Moderator:  

Mark Lloyd, Center for American Progress
    
Papers: The Concentration Of American Media Industries
    Eli Noam, Columbia University
    
The Economics of Foreign Language Media in the U.S:   An Empirical Study of Radio Markets
Xiaofei Wang, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University
David Waterman, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University
    
Broadband Access and Content Consumption
Loren Hitt, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Sonny Tambe, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    

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