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2006 Program 

    

Saturday, September 30, 2006

4:10 PM - 5:50 PM Sessions

  

 

Regulation and Firm Structure
    

Moderator:  

Don Stockdale
    

Papers:

Regulating for Non-price Discrimination:   The Case of UK Telecoms
Martin Cave, Warwick Business School
Lisa Correa, Ofcom
Pietro Crocioni, Ofcom
    
Influences on the Partial Liberalization of Internet Service Provision in Ethiopia
    Lynn Hartley
    Michael Murphree, Georgia Institute of Technology
    
  Regulatory Reforms in China’s Telecommunication Sector:   A Case of Policy Transfer Failure or of Policy Divergence?
    Marc Laperrouza, Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics
    

Understanding Broadband Diffusion

    

Moderator:  

Johannes Bauer
    
Papers: Barriers to Entry Analysis of Broadband Multiple Platforms:   Comparing the U.S. and South Korea
Eun-A Park, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University
Richard Taylor, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University
    
Diagnosing the Disconnected:  Where and Why is Broadband Access Unavailable in the U.S.?
Kenneth Flamm, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
    
Efficiency of Public Promotions Policies in the Diffusion of Broadband Networks. An Exploratory Analysis
    Francesco Miralles, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    
The Deployment and Adoption of Broadband Service:   A Household-Level Analysis
Michael Clements, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Amy Abramowitz, U.S. Government Accountability Office
  

 

Municipal Wireless Initiatives
    

Moderator:  

Andrew Clement
    

Papers:

Why Should Cities Provide Wireless Broadband Access?
Jed Kolko, Public Policy Institute of California
    
Lessons from the Left Coast:   San Francisco’s Community Wireless Broadband Initiative
Heather Hudson, Telecommunications Management and Policy Program, University of San Francisco
     
"Last Mile" or Local Innovation? Canadian Perspectives on Community Wireless Networking as Civic Participation
    Alison Powell, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
 
ICT Infrastructure as Public Infrastructure:  Exploring the Benefits of Public Wireless Networks
Catherine A. Middleton, Ryerson University
Graham Longford, University of Toronto
Andrew Clement, University of Toronto
Amelia Bryne Potter, Ryerson University
    

Service Deployment and Use in Rural & Remote Areas

    

Moderator:  

Orren E. Cameron, Advanced Network Services, USDA/RUS
    
Papers: Determinants of Internet Use for Rural and Farm Economic Sectors
Peter Stenberg, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mitchell Morehart, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    
Accelerating Indian Rural Telecom Services:   Policy and Regulatory Approaches
Rekha S. Jain, Indian Institute of Management
    
Comparing Government and NGO Digital Inclusion Initiatives in the U.S. and Brazil
Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin
Fabio Ferreira
Jeremiah Spence
    
    

Intellectual Property and Digital Rights I

    

Moderator:  

Susan Crawford, Cardozo Law
    
Papers: Small Bidders in License Auctions for Wireless Personal Communications Services
Nathan Musick, Congressional Budget Office
    
Famous Trademarks and the Rational Basis for Protecting "Irrational Beliefs"
Shahar Dilbary, University of Chicago, School of Law
    
IP, Pooling Arrangements and Constructed Environments
Brett Frischmann, Loyola University Chicago
Michael Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Joseph Miller, Lewis & Clark Law School
   
The Effect of File-sharing on Consumer’s Purchase Pattern:   A Survey Approach
Seonmi Lee, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida,
    

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