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7:30am-8:30am
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Breakfast
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8:30am-10:00am
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Session I:
Spectrum Auction Design
Chair:
Evan Kwerel, Federal Communications Commision
Panelists:
Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
R. Preston McAfee, The University of Texas at Austin
John O. Ledyard, California Institute of Technology
Session II:
State Regulators
Chair:
Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Telecommunications
Panelists:
Kenneth Gordon, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Joe Miller, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Lisa Rosenblum, New York Public Service Commision
Session III:
The Effects of Regulation on Innovation
Chair:
John Mayo, The University of Tennessee
Papers:
Innovation and Imitation in a Partially-Regulated Industry
Thomas P. Lyon, Indiana University and Haizhou Huang, Chinese University
of Hong Kong.
The Effect of Incentive Regulation on Local Exchange Companies' Deployment
of Digital Infrastructure
Shane Greenstein and Susan McMaster, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
and Pablo Spiller, University of California, Berkeley
Network Effects and Technology Adoption in U.S. Telecommunications
Sumit K. Majumdar, University of Michigan and S. Venkataraman, University
of Pennsylvania
Session IV:
The Economics of Internet
Chair:
Hal Varian, University of Michigan
Papers:
Realizing the Information Future: Technology, Economics, and the
NII
Marjory S. Blumenthal, National Research Council
Critical Mass and Network Size
Nicholas Economides and Charles Himmelberg, Stern School of Business
The Economics of Internet Interconnection Agreements
Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Bellcore
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10:00am-10:30am
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Break
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10:30am-12:00pm
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Session I:
PCS Valuations and Auction Alternatives
Chair:
Terrence McGarty, The Telmarc Group, Inc.
Papers:
Wireless Architectural Alternatives: Current Economic Valuations
Versus Broadband Options, The Gilder Conjectures
Terrence McGarty, Telmarc Group Inc., Muriel Medard, MIT and Irv Stiglitz,
MIT Lincoln Lab
Advanced Wireless Concepts: Technology and Policy Alternatives
Irving G. Stiglitz, MIT Lincoln Labs
The 5 C's of Wireless Technology and Policy: A comparison of CDMA
and GSM for Coverage, Capacity, Clarity, Cost and Competitiveness
Jim Madsen, Qualcomm, Inc.
Session II:
The Economics of Integrated Broadband Networks
Chair:
David Waterman, Indiana University
Papers:
Pricing of Integrated Digital Telephone and Cable TV Services
Yuehong Yuan, Carnegie Mellon University and Marvin Sirbu, Information
Networking Institute
One Line or Two: Economies of Scale and Scope in Telecommunications
David J. Salant, GTE Laboratories Incorporated
Telcos, Cable Operators, Public Authorities and the Transition to
Multimedia in Europe
Jean-Pierre Coustel, France Telecom
Session III:
The First Amendment as a Form of Regulation
Chair:
Allen Hammond, New York Law School
Papers:
Lost of the Infobahn Without a Map: The Need for a Coherent First
Amendment Approach
Robert Corn-Revere, Hogan and Hartson
Merging Phone and Cable
C. Edwin Baker, University of Pennsylvania
Game Theory and the First Amendment: Strategic Considerations and
Freedom of the Press
Tim Brennan, University of Maryland
Session IV:
Alternative Regulatory Regimes in Theory and Practice
Chair:
Dennis L. Weisman, Kansas State University
Papers:
Does Profit Sharing Regulation Benefit Consumers?
Simon Wilkie, California Institute of Technology
Periodic Review of Price Cap Plans: Economic Issues
Timothy Tardiff and William Taylor, National Economic Research Associates
Dynamic Effects of Price Cap and Rate of Return Regulation on Exchange
Carrier Pricing, Investment and Innovation
Neal Stolleman, Bellcore
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12:00pm-1:30pm
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Lunch
Lunch Session:
Re-write of The Communications Act of 1934
Chair:
David Reed, FCC
Panelists:
Donna Lampert, FCC
Gerry Waldron, Senior Counsel, Common Carrier
Gina Kenney, Senior Minority Counsel, Senate Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee
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1:30pm-3:00pm
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Session I:
Universal Service
Chair:
Milton Mueller, Rutgers University
Papers:
Telephone Penetration 1984-1994
Jorge R. Schement, Rutgers University, Alex Belinfante and Larry Povich,
FCC
Funding the Public Telecommunications Infrastructure
Bruce Egan, Columbia Institute for Telecommunications and Steve Wildman,
Northwestern Univ.
Universal Service as an Appropriability Problem
Milton Mueller, Rutgers University
Universal Service: Prosaic Motives and Great Ideals
Harmeet Sawhney, Indiana University
Session II:
Electronic Commerce
Chair:
Marvin Sirbu
Carnegie-Mellon University
Papers:
Electronic Brokers: Examples and Policy Implications
Paul Resnick, MIT Center for Coordination and Chris Avery and Richard
Zeckhauser, Harvard KSG
The Effects of Networks on Buyer-Seller Relationships: Implications
for The National Information Infrastructure
Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University and Robert Kraut, Carnegie
Mellon University
Models and Policies for Electronic Currency [paper]
L.J. Camp, Marvin Sirbu and J.D. Tygar, Carnegie Mellon University
Session III:
Self vs. Government Regulation of Violent Media Content
Chair:
Dale Kunkel, University of California
Papers:
Violence on Television: A British Perspective
Barrie Gunter, University of Sheffield
Media Classification Systems: An International Assessment
Joel Federman, Mediascope
Prospects for Industry Monitoring of Television Violence in the U.S.
Ed Donnerstein, University of California
Session IV:
The Effects of Recent Regulatory Changes on the Cable Television
Industry
Chair:
Jerry Duvall, FCC
Papers:
Demand and Revenue Elasticities for Cable Television Service
David Roddy, Economics and Technology, Inc.
Vertical Integration and the 1992 Cable Television Act
David Waterman, Indiana University and Andrew Weiss, University of
Southern California
Fragmented Duopoly: Evidence on Pricing Behavior in the Cable Television
Industry
George Ford, FCC
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3:00pm-3:30pm
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Break
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3:30pm-5:00pm
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Plenary Sesion:
Forecasting the Future: Different Views
Panelists:
Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie-Mellon University
Peter Huber, Manhattan Institute
Robert Hall, Stanford University
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5:00pm-7:00pm
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Reception
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5:00pm-6:00pm
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1st Tour Boat Ride
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6:00pm-7:00pm
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2nd Tour Boat Ride
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7:00pm-8:30pm
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Dinner
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7:30am-8:30am
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Breakfast
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8:30am-10:00am
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Session I:
Interconnection of Telephone Networks
Chair:
Bridger Mitchell, Charles River Associates
Papers:
Historical Perspectives on Interconnection Between Competing Local
Exchange Companies
David Gabel, Queens College and David Weiman, Yale University and Institute
Interconnection Agreements and Market Entry in Telecommunications:
Lessons from Cross-Country Comparisons
Bridger Mitchell, The RAND Corp. and European-American Center for Policy
Analysis, Werner Neu and Karl-Heinz Neumann, Wissenschaftliches Institut
fuer Kommunikationsdienste and Ingo Vogelsang, Boston Univ. and European-American
Center for Policy Analysis
Access Pricing Entry and the Baumol-Willig Rule
Chris Doyle, University of Cambridge and Mark Armstrong, University
of Southampton
Session II:
The Political Economics of Global Alliances
Chair:
Martin Cave, Brunel University
Papers:
The U.S. Stake in Competitive Global Telecommunications Service:
The Economic Case for Tough Bargaining
John Haring, Jeffrey Rohlfs, Harry Shooshan, III, Strategic Policy
Research
The Anatomy and Regulatory Repercussions of Global Telecommunications
Strategies
Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University
Global Telecommunications Services: The Changing Face of the Trans-Atlantic
Telephone
Richard Cawley, Directorate General XIII
Session III:
Competition and Regulation
Chair:
Harold Ware, National Economic Research Associates, Inc.
Papers:
The Political Economy Model of Entry into Local Exchange Markets
Yossi Spiegel, Tel Aviv University and Bhaskar Chakravorti, Bellcore
Local Exchange Competition: Alternative Models in Maryland
Richard L. Cimerman and Geoffrey J. Waldaua , Maryland Public Service
Commission
Pricing Strategies and Regulatory Effects in the U.S. Cellular Telecommunications
Duopolies
Keta Ruiz, The World Bank
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10:00am-10:30am
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Break
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10:30am-12:00pm
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Session I:
Network Technology Standards and Information Property Rights
Chair:
Brian Kahin, Harvard University
Papers:
Standards Development Strategies Under Incomplete Information --
Is the Battle of the Sexes' a Revelation Game?
Paul A. David, All Souls College and Hunter K. Monroe, IMF
Alternatives to Financing the Standards Development Process
Martin Weiss and Michael Spring, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Intellectual Property Rights and Telecommunications Standardization:
A Fundamental Dilemma?
Mark Shurmer, Brunel University and Gary Lea, University of Reading
Session II:
Economic Development and Information Structure
Chair: Dimitri Ypsilanti, OECD
Papers:
Economics of Broadband Networks in Japan
Hajime Oniki, Osaka University
Access to Telecommunications in the Developing World: Ten Years After
the Maitland Report
Heather E. Hudson, University of San Francisco
Session III:
Market Structure and Ownership Diversity in the Mass Media
Chair:
Steve Wildman, Northwestern University
Papers:
Vertical Integration Market Foreclosure, and Efficiency: Some Evidence
from the Cable Television Industry
Tasneem Chipty, Ohio State University
Windowing Video Products
Suchan Chae, Rice University
The Prime Time Access Rule and the Market for Syndicated Television
Programs
Karla S. Robinson, Northwestern University
Session IV:
Antitrust Economics in Telecommunications
Chair:
Michael Einhorn, U.S. Department of Justice
Papers:
Implications of the MFJ for Current Antitrust Policy
Roger Noll, Stanford University
Antitrust Implications of Unbundling Local Networks
Robert Harris, University of California, Berkeley and Greg Rosston,
Federal Communications Commision
One-Way Networks, Two-Way Networks, Compatibility and Antitrust
Nicholas Economides and Lawrence J. White, New York University
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12:00pm-1:00pm:
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Lunch & Adjourn
