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Changing Industry Structure : The Economics of Entry and Price Competition
Duvall, Jerry B.; Ford, George S. - 2004
fragmentation that competitive rivalry will obviate the continuing need for regulation. Suppose, however, that the ongoing process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014028963
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A Most Egregious Act? The Impact on Consumers of Usage-Based Pricing
Ford, George S. - 2012
” services and, as such, new price regulation of broadband services may be warranted by the Federal Communications Commission to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101687
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Equalizing Competition Among Competitors : A Review of the DOJ's Spectrum Screen Ex Parte Filing
Ford, George S. - 2013
exhaust turns the standard antitrust analysis on its head — namely, that more competitors may, in fact, lead to higher prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081547
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Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market
Ford, George S. - 2004
One of the most contentious debates in modern telecommunications policy regards whether or not a regulatory mandated reductions in the per-minute costs of long distance carriers - access charges domestically and settlement rates internationally - are fully reflected in the per-minute prices for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069900
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Network Neutrality and Industry Structure
Beard, Thomas Randolph; Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; … - 2007
One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050797
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Wireless Net Neutrality : From Carterfone to Cable Boxes
Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013
substantial risks that Carterfone-type regulation would commoditize wireless network services in a way that could substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050800
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Expanding the Digital Divide : Network Management Regulations and the Size of Providers
Ford, George S.; Spiwak, Lawrence J.; Stern, Michael L. - 2014
, a 1% increase in deployment costs arising from regulation increases the subsidy required for ubiquitous coverage by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200825
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Using Auction Results to Forecast the Impact of Wireless Carterfone Regulation on Wireless Networks (Second Edition)
Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013
In the last year, many advocates have called for the imposition of Carterfone regulation on the wireless industry. The … similar wireless Carterfone regulation to all commercial wireless spectrum could suppress wireless infrastructure investment … regulation across the board is likely to cause particular harm to small or medium-sized wireless firms by enhancing the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218521
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Justifying the Ends : Section 706 and the Regulation of Broadband
Ford, George S.; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2012
as an independent source of legal authority to impose regulation over advanced services. In this paper, we look at the … expansive broadband regulation under Section 706 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014166583
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‘Regulatory Revival’ and Employment in Telecommunications
Ford, George S. - 2017
Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (“BLS”) data on industry employment, I quantify the effect on telecommunications jobs of the Obama Administration's regulatory revival in telecommunications using the difference-in-differences (“DiD”) estimator. I find that over the period 2010-2016,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953900