Recent Research

Thomas Hazlett, Tragedy T.V.: Rights Fragmentation and the Junk Band Problem (Gridlock Conference, Oct. 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, U.S. Wireless License Auctions 1994-2009 (ACCC Conference in Brisbane, Australia, July 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, Modular Confines of Mobile Networks: Are iPhones iPhony? (MSFT/GMU Conference on Innovation, May 2009)

Joshua Wright, Why the Supreme Court Was Correct to Deny Cert in FTC v. Rambus (Mar. 2009)

Joshua Wright & Bruce Kobayashi, Federalism and Patent Holdup (2009)

Thomas Hazlett & Anil Caliskan, Natural Experiments in U.S. Broadband Reg. (Dec. 2008)

Babette Boliek, Net Neutrality in Mobile Telecom (Oct. 2008)

Articles Published from IEP Conferences

Unleashing Unlicensed Conference Articles Published in info: the j. of pol'y, reg., & strategy (Aug. 2009)

Merger Analysis Conference Articles Published in J. Comp. L. & Econ. (Sept. 2008)

Crisis in Public Safety Conference Articles Published in Fed. Comm. L. J. (Mar. 2007)

Articles Published from IEP Lectures

William Webb, An Optimal Way To License the Radio Spectrum, Telecom. Pol'y, Vol. 33 (Apr.-May 2009)

Martin Cooper, Personal Communications and Spectrum Policy For the 21st Century, Telecom. Pol'y, Vol. 31 (Nov. - Dec. 2007)

David Porter & Vernon Smith, FCC License Experiment Design: A 12-Year Experiment, J. of L., Econ. & Pol'y, Vol. 3:1 (2006)

 

IEP Conferences

Tragedies of the Gridlock Economy: How Mis-Configuring Property Rights Stymies Social Efficiency Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 with Video from the Morning Session: The Debate Over the "Gridlock Economy" Michael Heller Richard Epstein Abstracts & Articles Presented at the IEP Conference on the Gridlock Economy (Oct. 2, 2009) Gridlock Economy: Richard Epstein, Heller's Gridlock Economy In Perspective Spectrum Policy: Thomas Hazlett, Tragedy T.V.: Rights Fragmentation and the Junk Band Problem Kevin Werbach, The Wasteland: Anticommons, White Spaces, and the Fallacy of Spectrum Google Book Search: Doug Lichtman, Google Book Search in the Gridlock Economy Robert Merges, Autonomy and Independence: The Normative Face of Transaction Costs Luncheon Keynote: Harold Demsetz, Externalities, Commons, and Gridlocks Conference Handouts: Conference Agenda Speaker Biographies

Past IEP Conferences

The Genesis of Unlicensed Wireless Policy: How Spread Spectrum Devices Won Access to License-Exempt Bandwidth (Friday, Apr. 4, 2008)

Merger Analysis in High-Technology Markets: Evaluating Antitrust Issues in Dynamic Markets (Friday, Feb. 1, 2008)

Smart Radio: Smart Markets and Policies, along with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (Friday, Apr. 6, 2007)

The Crisis in Public Safety Communications: Perspectives from the Academic, Business, and Policymaking Communities (Friday, Dec. 8, 2006)

IEP Mini-Conferences

The Gore Commission, Ten Years Later: The Public Interest Obligations of Digital Broadcasters in Perfect Hindsight (Friday, Oct. 3, 2008)

Consensus FCC Reforms and the Communications Agenda for the Next Administration (Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008)

Innovation, Technology, and Spectrum Policy: Municipal WiFi, Two Views on the White Spaces, and a Special Keynote by Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs (Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006)

Lessons from the Telecom Wars: Crafting Network Sharing Mandates, Unbundling Rules, and Broadband Deregulation and Net Neutrality (Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006)

 

 

In the News

Thomas Hazlett, The Broadband Numbers Racket, Financial Times (Sept. 17, 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, The Misguided Urge to Regulate Wireless, Business Week (July 27, 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, Analog Television Dies With a Whimper, Real Clear Markets.com (June 30, 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, A Letter to the New FCC Chair, Mr. Julius Genachowski, Financial Times (June 27, 2009)

FCC Nominee: Broadband Deployment a Major Priority, The Industry Standard (June 16, 2009)

American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say, Broadband Census (June 15, 2009)

Broadcast Television's Switch to Digital is Finally Here, Miami Herald (June 11, 2009)

Joshua Wright, U.S. Antitrust Becomes More European, Forbes Magazine (May 18, 2008)

Thomas Hazlett, Shovel-Ready Broadband Stimulus, Financial Times (May 1, 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, Analog Switchoff Goes Unnoticed, Financial Times (Feb. 28, 2009)

Thomas Hazlett, Muni WiFi Flop, Ars Technica (Dec. 22, 2008)

Thomas Hazlett, The Anti-Technology Bailout, Financial Times (Dec. 1, 2008)

Thomas Hazlett, Economies of Scale: The "Don't Be Evil" Principle Permits Profits, Barron's (Nov. 17, 2008)

Thomas W. Hazlett and Vernon L. Smith, Don't Let Google Freeze the Airwaves, Wall St. J., A29 (Oct. 3, 2008)

Thomas Hazlett, It's the Spectrum, Stupid, Financial Times (Apr. 7, 2008)

Dennis Patrick and Thomas W. Hazlett, The Return of the Speech Police, Wall St. J., A13 (July 30, 2007)

Jerry Brito, Failure to Communicate, Wall St. J. (Mar. 13, 2007)