George S. Ford

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

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1.

A Valley of Death in the Innovation Sequence: An Economic Investigation

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Valley of Death, Innovation, Innovation Sequence, Basic Research, Funding Gap

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Outlier Statistics Using Eviews

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Nov 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Outliers Eviews Econometrics Software

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Event Studies for Merger Analysis: An Evaluation of the Effects of Non-Normality on Hypothesis Testing

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
George S. Ford and Audrey D. Kline
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and University of Louisville College of Business
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Event Study, Normal Distribution, Hypothesis Testing, Bootstrap, Generalized Bootstrap

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Net Neutrality, Reclassification and Investment: A Counterfactual Analysis

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Net Neutrality, Reclassification and Investment: A Counterfactual Analysis

Perspectives, PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES, April 2017
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Jun 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

Net Neutrality, Reclassification and Investment: A Counterfactual Analysis

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17-02
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 May 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

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Network Neutrality and Industry Structure

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Network Neutrality and Industry Structure

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 24
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 288 (175,583)
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Network Neutrality, Commoditization, Entry, Broadband

Network Neutrality and Industry Structure

Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 29, p. 149, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 May 2007
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Network Neutrality, Industry Structure, John Sutton, commoditization

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Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly

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Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Paper No. 38
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Oct 2009
George S. Ford and Sherry G. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and University of Montevallo
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Elderly, Broadband, Depression, CES-D, Internet, Communications, Propensity Score, Matching, Instrumental Variables, Economic Development

Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly

TPRC 2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
George S. Ford and Sherry G. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and University of Montevallo
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Innovation or Shock Size for Stata’s PVAR

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 27 Dec 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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stata, pvar, pvarinf, shock, innovation

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On the Relationship between Telecommunications Investment and Economic Growth in the United States

Telepolicy Working Paper
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Aug 2003
Richard O. Beil, George S. Ford and John D. Jackson
Auburn University - Harbert College of Business, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
Downloads 363 (137,972)
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telecommunications, investment, causality, granger, 1996 Telecommunications Act, unbundling, economic growth, recession, policy

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Competition after Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence

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Competition after Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 21
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Entry, Market Concentration, facilities-based competition, inter-modal competition

Competition After Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 59, p. 331, 2007
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 May 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Industry structure, market equilibrium, John Sutton, convergence, facilities-based competition

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HAC Standard Errors and the Event Study Methodology: A Cautionary Note

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 17, No. 12, 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2010
George S. Ford, John D. Jackson and Sarah Skinner
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University - Department of Economics and University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Event Study, HAC, Heteroscedasticity Robust Standard Errors

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Ramsey’s Reset for Count Models Using Eviews

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 11 Sep 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Count data, Negative Binomial, Poisson, RESET, Specification test, Eviews

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Mandated Access and the Make-or-Buy Decision: The Case of Local Telecommunications Competition

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 45, pp. 28-47, 2005
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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Is Faster Better? Quantifying the Relationship between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth

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Is Faster Better? Quantifying the Relationship between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 44, February 2018
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Economic Development, Causal Modeling, Coarsened Exact Matching, Internet

Is Faster Better? Quantifying the Relationship between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth

TPRC 46: The 46th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2018
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Economic Development, Causal Modeling

Is Faster Better?: Quantifying the Relationship Between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 44
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Aug 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Broadband Speed, Economic Growth, Matching, Causality, Difference-in-Differences

Is Faster Better? Quantifying the Relationship between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No.44, February 2018
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Aug 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Broadband Speed, Economic Growth, Matching, Causality, Difference-in-Differences

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The Positive Effects of Unbundling on Broadband Deployment

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Oct 2004
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 246 (206,779)
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, Entry, 1996 Act, Broadband deployment

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Fair Use in the Digital Age

Phoenix Center Policy Paper Number 51
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Sep 2016
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
Downloads 242 (210,077)
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Copyright, Fair Use, Piracy, Fair Dealing, Spatial Model, Product Differentiation

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Murphy-Topel Covariance Matrix for Eviews

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Nov 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Murphy, Topel, Covariance Matrix, Two-stage estimators, Maddala, Simultaneous Models

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Generating Correlated Random Variables Using Eviews

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 26 Oct 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Correlated Random Variables, Eviews, Monte Carlo Simulation

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Wireless Net Neutrality: From Carterfone to Cable Boxes

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 17
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 May 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Network Neutrality, Carterfone, Tim Wu, Wireless Network Neutrality

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Why Adco? Why Now? An Economic Exploration into the Future of Industry Structure for the "Last Mile" in Local Telecommunications Markets

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Why Adco? Why Now? An Economic Exploration into the Future of Industry Structure for the "Last Mile" in Local Telecommunications Markets

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, 1996 Act

Why Adco? Why Now? An Economic Exploration into the Future of Industry Structure for the "Last Mile" in Local Telecommunications Markets

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, 1996 Act

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Set it and Forget it? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jan 2004
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Special access, telecommunications, market power, de-regulation

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Quarry Operations and Property Values: Revisiting Old and Investigating New Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Mar 2018
George S. Ford and Alan Seals
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Hedonics, Housing Market, Real Estate, Disamenity, Environmental, Quarry, Randomized Inference, Difference-in-Differences

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The Broadband Performance Index: A Policy-Relevant Method of Assessing Broadband Adoption Among Countries

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 29
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Aug 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband Performance Index, Broadband, International Rankings, OECD

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Changing Industry Structure: The Economics of Entry and Price Competition

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Sep 2004
Jerry B. Duvall and George S. Ford
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Market Structure

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Generating Random Locations Within a Latitude-Longitude Circle Using STATA

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 16 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Spatial Analysis, Econometrics, STATA, simulation, Latitude, Longitude

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Safe Harbors and the Evolution of Music Retailing

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 41
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 May 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
Downloads 180 (276,162)
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Copyright, Safe Harbors, Youtube, Music Industry, Digital Music

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The Efficiency Risk of Network Neutrality Rules

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Network Neutrality, stupid network

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The Broadband Adoption Index: Improving Measurements and Comparisons of Broadband Deployment and Adoption

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The Broadband Adoption Index: Improving Measurements and Comparisons of Broadband Deployment and Adoption

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 62, 2010
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Jun 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Broadband Adoption Index, OECD, ranks, broadband

The Broadband Adoption Index: Improving Measurements and Comparisons of Broadband Deployment and Adoption

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Aug 2009
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 52 (637,981)
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Broadband, Broadband Adoption Index, OECD, Broadband Ranking, International Ranking, Per Capita, Social Value

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The Pricing of Pole Attachments: Implications and Recommendations

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Pole Attachments, Ramsey Pricing, broadband

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Quantifying the Cost of Substandard Patents: Some Preliminary Evidence

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Quantifying the Cost of Substandard Patents: Some Preliminary Evidence

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 30
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Sep 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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patents, substandard patents, loose patents

Quantifying the Cost of Substandard Patents: Some Preliminary Evidence

Yale Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 12, p. 240, 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jun 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Patents, substandard patents

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Quantity-Discount Contracts as a Barrier to Entry

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Jan 2005
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 158 (308,651)
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Special Access, Telecommunications, Market Power, De-Regulation

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A Policy Framework for Spectrum Allocation in Mobile Communications

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A Policy Framework for Spectrum Allocation in Mobile Communications

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Apr 2011
George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak, Michael L. Stern and Thomas Randolph Beard
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Mobile, Communications, Cellular, Telecommunications, FCC, Spectrum, Spectrum Cap, Spectrum Auctions

A Policy Framework for Spectrum Allocation in Mobile Communications

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 62, p. 630, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Spectrum, Spectrum Exhaust, wireless, broadband, Federal Communications Commission, incumbent exclusion rules, auctions

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The Burden of Network Neutrality Mandates on Rural Broadband Deployment

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 148 (325,941)
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Network Neutrality, stupid network, rural broadband

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University of Florida Study Shows Only Winners from Network Neutrality Regulation to Be Content Providers, Consumers Lose

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Mar 2007
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 144 (333,133)
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Network Neutrality, University of Florida, Cheng

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Stock Market Reactions to the Sprint-TMO Merger

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, 18-04
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Jun 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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antitrust, merger, telecommunications, event study, mobile communications

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What is the Effect of File Sharing on the Creation of New Music? A Critical Review of 'A Case Study of File Sharing and Music Output'

Downloads 141 (338,778)
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What is the Effect of File Sharing on the Creation of New Music? A Critical Review of 'A Case Study of File Sharing and Music Output'

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Mar 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 101 (436,094)
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copyright, file sharing, music, regression analysis, labor supply, Lunney, music output

What Is the Effect of File Sharing on the Creation of New Music? A Critical Review Of 'A Case Study of File Sharing and Music Output'

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 14-02
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Copyright, File Sharing, Piracy

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A La Carte and 'Family Tiers' as a Response to a Market Defect in the Multichannel Video Programming Market

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A La Carte and 'Family Tiers' as a Response to a Market Defect in the Multichannel Video Programming Market

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 14
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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a la carte, cable television

A La Carte and 'Family Tiers' as a Response to a Market Defect in the Multichannel Video Programming Market

CommLaw Conspectus, Vol. 15, p. 31, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 May 2007
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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a la carte, cable, video, market defect

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The Demographic and Economic Drivers of Broadband Adoption in the United States

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 31
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Feb 2008
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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broadband deployment, demand-side drivers, income, income inequality, Gini Coefficient

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The Impact of Government-Owned Broadband Networks on Private Investment and Consumer Welfare

SGLF, April 2016
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 May 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 138 (344,518)
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Municipal Broadband, Broadband, Government Owned Networks, Fiber Optics, FTTH, FCC, Preemption

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The Law and Economics of Municipal Broadband

73 Federal Communications Law Journal 1 (2020)
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Municiplal broadband, preemption, due process, predation, cross-subsidization

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The Broadband Efficiency Index: What Really Drives Broadband Adoption Across the OECD?

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 33
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Jul 2008
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband Efficiency Index, OECD, broadband rankings, broadband adoption

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Network Neutrality and Foreclosing Market Exchange: Transaction Cost Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 28
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Mar 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Network Neutrality, two-sided markets, transaction cost economics

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The Price Effects of Intra-Brand Competition in the Automobile Industry: An Econometric Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Paper Number 48
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Automobile, Competition, Intrabrand, Interbrand, Car Prices, Econometric, Antitrust

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Pursuing Competition in Local Telephony: The Law and Economics of Unbundling and Impairment

Telepolicy Working Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Aug 2003
Thomas Randolph Beard, Robert B. Ekelund and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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1996 Telecommunications Act, unbundling, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, telecommunications, communications, regulation, impairment, policy, UNE-P, UNE Platform, UNE-L, UNE-Loop, UNE Loop, UNE-Platform, Ford, Ekelund, Beard, competition, entry

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COVID-19 and Broadband Speeds: A Multi-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Covid, Broadband, Internet, Covid-19, Pandemic

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Non-Discrimination or Just Non-Sense: A Law and Economics Review of the FCC’s New Net Neutrality Principle

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Apr 2010
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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FCC, Broadband, Network Neutrality, Internet, Communications, Discrimination

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Dissatisfaction at the Federal Trade Commission: An Empirical Analysis of Size and Source

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Nov 2022
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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FTC, Lina Kahn, Employee Satisfaction, Antitrust

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Value Based Pricing of Music

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2015, 12(1/2), 16-25
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Jan 2016
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Unbundling and Facilities-Based Entry by Clecs: Two Empirical Tests

Telepolicy Working Paper
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 31 Jul 2003
George S. Ford and Michael Pelcovits
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates, Inc. (MiCRA)
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telecommunications, competition, communications, empirical, econometrics, 1996 Telecommunications Act, Telecommunications Act, substitution, impairment, entry, loop, switching, TELRIC, LRIC, TSLRIC, total element long run incremental cost, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, policy, competition policy

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Broadband and Economic Development: A Municipal Case Study from Florida

Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 219-229, 2005
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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Municipal Broadband, Economic Development, Telecommunications

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Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice: A Review

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 May 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Notice and Takedown, Safe Harbors, Copyright, Google, DMCA, Lumen

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Does Municipal Supply of Communications Crowd-Out Private Communications Investment? An Empirical Study

Energy Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Municipal Broadband, Telecommunications

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The Impact of Video Service Regulation on the Construction of Broadband Networks to Low-Income Households

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 23
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Nov 2005
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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franchising, digital divide, entry, fiber, build-out requirements, cable television, video

53.

BLUS Residuals for Eviews

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 04 Nov 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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BLUS Residuals, Eviews Econometrics Software

54.

What Determines Wholesale Prices for Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, TELRIC

55.

How (and How Not) to Measure Market Power Over Business Data Services

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How (and How Not) to Measure Market Power Over Business Data Services

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 50
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Market Power, Antitrust, Telecommunications, Broadband, Special Access, Federal Communications Commission, Regulation

How (and How Not) to Measure Market Power Over Business Data Services

Phoenix Center Policy Paper, No. 50
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Feb 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Regulation, Market Power, Broadband Data Service, Special Access, FCC, Federal Communications Commission

56.

Whoops! Berkman Study Shows 'Open Access' Reduces Broadband Consumption

Phoenix Center Perspectives Working Paper No. 09-05
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Nov 2009
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Phoenix Center, Berkman Center, Broadband, Unbundling, Open Access, Network Neutrality, OECD, Broadband Rankings, Broadband Comparisons, Catching Up, de Ridder, Yochai Benkler, FCC, Internet

57.

The Welfare Impacts of Broadband Network Management: Can Broadband Service Providers Be Trusted?

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 32
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Mar 2008
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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network neutrality, congestion, externalities, reasonable network management

58.

Reconsidering Copyright: A Spatial Model of Differentiated Competition and Infringement

TPRC 43: The 43rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy Paper
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2016
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Gilad Sorek and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Intellectual Property, Copyright

59.

Internet Use and Job Search

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Richard Saba
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Job Search, Employment, Internet, Broadband, Communications, Propensity Score, Labor

60.

The Economics of Build-Out Rules in Cable Television

Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 28, p. 207, 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Cable Television, Build-out Rules, Entry, Franchising

61.

An Econometric-Driven Merger Simulation: Considerations and Application

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An Econometric-Driven Merger Simulation: Considerations and Application

International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 217, 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Richard Saba
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Merger Simulation, Demand Models, Telecommunications

An Econometric-Driven Merger Simulation: Considerations and Application

International Journal of the Economics of Business, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 17 May 2011
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Richard Saba
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Merger Simulation, Demand Models, Telecommunications

62.

Innovation, Exit, and Restrictions on Tech Mergers and Acquisitions

PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 50
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Apr 2021
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Antitrust, Digital Platforms, Innovation

63.

Make or Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 14
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Aug 2003
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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telecommunications, competition, policy, communications, TELRIC, UNE-Platform, UNE-P, UNE-L, UNE-Loop, unbundling, unbundled, network, elements, UNEs, UNE, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, 1996 Telecommunications Act, TELRIC, LRIC, long run incremental cost

64.

The Financial Implications of the Une-Platform: A Review of the Evidence

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Sep 2003
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Christopher C. Klein
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Middle Tennessee State University - Department of Economics and Finance
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telecommunications, competition, policy, communications, TELRIC, UNE-Platform, UNE-P, UNE-L, UNE-Loop, unbundling, unbundled, network, elements, UNEs, UNE, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, 1996 Telecommunications Act, TELRIC, LRIC, long run incremental cost, below cost, actual cost, embedded cost

65.

Quantifying the Overstatement in Broadband Availability from the Form 477 Data: An Econometric Approach

Downloads 92 (460,517)
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Quantifying the Overstatement in Broadband Availability from the Form 477 Data: An Econometric Approach

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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broadband, broadband mapping, National Broadband Map, Form 477 data

Quantifying the Overstatement in Broadband Availability from the Form 477 Data: An Econometric Approach

Phoenix Center Perspectives 19–03, July 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Jul 2019
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Broadband Speed, 477 Data, Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Availability

66.

Sabotaging Content Competition: Do Proposed Net Neutrality Regulations Promote Exclusion?

Phoenix Center Perspectives Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Mar 2010
George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Network Neutrality, Broadband, Internet, Regulation, Communications, Phoenix Center

67.

The Public's Network?

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Jun 2004
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, Entry, 1996 Act, property rights

68.

Bridging the Digital Divide: What Has Not Worked But What Just Might

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Digital Divide, Broadband, Subsidies, ARRA, BTOP

69.

Promotional Effects and the Determination of Royalty Rates for Music

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 39
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Radio, Broadcasting, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Fair Pay Fair Play, Royalties, Performance Rights

70.

Expanding the Digital Divide: Network Management Regulations and the Size of Providers

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Bulletin No. 23
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 21 May 2014
George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Network Neutrality, Digital Divide, rural broadband, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

71.

Unnecessary Regulations and the Value of Spectrum: An Economic Evaluation of Lease Term Limits for the Educational Broadband Service

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 15
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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Spectrum Policy, Educational Broadband Service

72.

A Retrospective Analysis of Vertical Mergers in Multichannel Video Programming Distribution Markets: The Comcast-NBCU Merger

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Vertical Integration, Multichannel Video, Cable TV, Programming

73.

The Broadband Credibility Gap

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The Broadband Credibility Gap

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Jun 2010
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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network neutrality, Third Way, Title I, Title II, Communications Act, Comcast v. FCC, Broadband Credibility Gap, Investment, broadband

The Broadband Credibility Gap

19 CommLaw Conspectus - Journal of Communications Law and Policy 75 (2010)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Net Neutrality, broadband, third way, investment, Federal Communications Commission

74.

Form 477, Speed-Tests, and the American Broadband User’s Experience

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Apr 2021
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Speed tests, Form 477

75.

Regulatory Expenditures, Economic Growth and Jobs: An Empirical Study

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin, No. 28
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 May 2011 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2011
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Hyeongwoo Kim and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Regulation, Cost of Regulation, Jobs, Employment, Government, Budget, Deficit

76.

Market Definition and the Economic Effects of Special Access Price Regulation

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 37
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Nov 2009
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Special Access, bilateral monopoly, market definition, Federal Communications Commission

77.

The Consumer Welfare Cost of Cable 'Build-Out' Rules

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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cable franchises, build-out requirements

78.

A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate Their Monopoly Position in Local Telecommunications Markets

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling

79.

Tariffing Internet Termination: Pricing Implications of Classifying Broadband as a Title II Telecommunications Service

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 36
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Sep 2014
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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net neutrality, Title II, common carrier, forbearance, Section 10, tariff, Internet, broadband

80.

The Rewards of Municipal Broadband: An Econometric Analysis of the Labor Market

TPRC47: The 47th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2019
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jul 2019
George S. Ford and Alan Seals
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Municipal Broadband, Labor Markets, Difference-in-Differences, Broadband

81.

'In Delay There is No Plenty': The Consumer Welfare Cost of Franchise Reform Delay

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 13
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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Franchise reform, cable television, entry

82.

Section 10 Forbearance: Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers

Downloads 75 (520,320)
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Section 10 Forbearance: Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers

2014 TPRC Conference Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 22 May 2017
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Forbearance, Section 10

Section 10 Forbearance: Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 37
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Deregulation, Regulation, Forbearance, Section 10, FCC, Federal Communications Commission

83.

The Need for Better Analysis of High Capacity Services

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The Need for Better Analysis of High Capacity Services

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 35
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Aug 2009
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Special Access, ARMIS, Market Concentration, High Capacity Circuits

The Need for Better Analysis of High Capacity Services

John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Vol. 28, p. 343, 2011
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Special Access, ARMIS, Market Concentration, High Capacity Circuits, broadband, deregulation, FCC

84.

Wireless Competition Under Spectrum Exhaust

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 43
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Spectrum Exhaust, Spectrum, Wireless, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Cournot

85.

Using Auction Results to Forecast the Impact of Wireless Carterfone Regulation on Wireless Networks (Second Edition)

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 72 (532,390)
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network neutrality, auctions, spectrum policy, open platforms, wireless Carterfone

86.

Developing a National Wireless Regulatory Framework: A Law and Economics Approach

CommLaw Conspectus - Journal of Communications Law and Policy, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Jul 2008
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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wireless, federalism, national wireless framework

87.

An Economic Approach for Evaluating a National Wireless Regulatory Framework

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 19
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Nov 2007
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 71 (536,526)
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wireless, Federalism, national framework, telecommunications

88.

Retail Platform Bias?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Aug 2022
George S. Ford and Michael Stern
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Antitrust, Retailing, Digital Platform, Online Retail, Discrimination

89.

Challenges in Using the National Broadband Map’s Data

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin, No. 27, March 2011
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Apr 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Broadband Map, Telecommunications, FCC, NTIA, ARRA

90.

Is Radio Advertising a Distinct Local Market? An Empirical Analysis

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 239, 1999
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Robert B. Ekelund, George S. Ford and John D. Jackson
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Broadcasting, Market Definition, Radio, FCC, Regulation

91.

Consumers and Wireless Carterfone: An Economic Perspective

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 21
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
George S. Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, USAID Global Development Lab and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Wireless, wireless Carterfone, early termination fees, complementarity

92.

Piracy and Movie Revenues: A Critical Review of a Tale of the Long Tail

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Mar 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Piracy, Movies, Files, Megaupload, Sopa, Pipa

93.

Shocks to the Broadband Ecosystem: Implications for Competition and Market Structure

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 30
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Broadband, Telecommunications, Competition, FCC, Network Neutrality, Edge Devices, Innovation

94.

The Competitive Effects of Quantity Discounts

Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 3, p. 591, 2007
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and David L. Kaserman
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Quantity Discounts, Contracts, Communications, Regulation

95.

Evaluating Broadband Stimulus and the National Broadband Plan: Establishing Expectations for Broadband Rankings

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 24
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Private Solutions to Broadband Adoption: An Economic Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 38
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Broadband, Adoption, Universal Service, Deployment, Facebook, Free Basics, Digital Literacy

97.

Do High Call Termination Rates Deter Broadband Deployment?

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 22
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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broadband, intercarrier compensation, national broadband strategy, universal service

98.

Finding the Bottom: A Review of Free Press’s Analysis of Network Neutrality and Investment

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies Paper No. 09-04
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 01 Nov 2009
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Free Press, Network Neutrality, Neutrality, Broadband, Policy, Telecommunications, Phoenix Center, Internet, Derek Turner

99.

Franchise Fee Revenues after Video Competition: The 'Competition Dividend' for Local Governments

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 12
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 May 2006
George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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Cable television, franchise reform, franchise fees

100.

You're Not Impaired Because You are Impaired

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Jan 2005
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Competition, Unbundling, Entry, impairment, 1996 Act

101.

Net Neutrality, Reclassification and Investment: A Further Analysis

Perspectives, PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES, May 2017
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Jun 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

102.

An Economic Framework for Retransmission Consent

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 47
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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retransmission consent, must carry, copyright, broadcasting, cable television

103.

Can Government Spending Get America Working Again? An Empirical Investigation

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 31
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Hyeongwoo Kim and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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stimulus, jobs, investment

104.

Sample Size and the Accuracy of the Generalized Lambda Distribution

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Nov 2008
George S. Ford and Sarah Skinner
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Generalized Lambda Distribution, Simulation, Monte Carlo

105.

An Economic Analysis of the Fcc's Notice of Inquiry on Flat Rate Charges in the Long Distance Industry

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Feb 2004
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 63 (571,281)

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Telecommunications, access charges

106.

State Automobile Franchise Laws: Public or Private Interests?

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 16-06
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Automobile Franchise Laws, Franchising, Automobiles, Cars, Auto Dealerships

107.

Fixing Safe Harbor: An Economic Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Paper, Number 52
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Copyright, Safe Harbors, Infringement, Liability

108.

Social Well-Being and IP Theft: A Dynamic Economic Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 32
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Intelectual Property, IP Theft, SOPA

109.

Are Local TV Markets Separate Markets?

International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 79, 2000
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Robert B. Ekelund, George S. Ford and John D. Jackson
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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TV, Television, Antitrust, Market Definition, FCC, Broadcasting

110.

What is the Effect of Regulation on Broadband Investment? Regulatory Certainty and the Expectation of Returns

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 May 2013
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Uncertainty, Regulatory Uncertainty, Regulation, Investment

111.

Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 60 (585,027)
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IMTS, Settlement Rates, Interational Telecommunications

112.

Revisiting Internet Use and Depression Among the Elderly

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 12 Mar 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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113.

Innovation, Investment and Unbundling: An Empirical Update

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 383, 2003
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Robert B. Ekelund and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Unbundling, Event Study, Investment, Telecommunications, 1996 Telecommunications Act

114.

Estimating Betas in Practice: Alternatives That Matter and Those That Do Not

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Beta, Financial Analysis, Portfolio, Cost of Capital, Cost of Equity

115.

Lessons Learned from the U.S. Unbundling Experience

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 45
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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unbundling, telecommunications, broadband

116.

Sloppy Research Sinks Susan Crawford's Book

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Susan Crawford, Broadband, Cable Television, Comcast, Internet

117.

Issues in Empirical Merger Analysis

International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 165, 2006
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 20 Aug 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Antitrust, Empirical Methods, Merger Simulation, Econometrics

118.

Wireless Mergers and Employment: A Look at the Evidence

Phoenix Center Perspectives Paper No. 11-02
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 May 2011
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Wireless Communications, Mergers, Jobs

119.

Substantial Profits in the Broadband Ecosystem: A Look at the Evidence

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Apr 2010
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, broadband service provider, profits

120.

Financial Implications of Opelika's Municipal Broadband Network

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17–11
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Municipal Broadband, Broadband, Government Owned Networks, Fiber Optics, FTTH, FCC, Preemption

121.

Before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Telecommunications and the Internet: Hearing on 'An Examination of Competition in the Wireless Industry'

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 May 2009
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Wireless, Telecommunications, Competition, Broadband, Mobile

122.

Testimony of George S. Ford, Ph.D., Chief Economist Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Before the Federal Communications Commission Open Meeting on Network Neutrality and Broadband Network Management at Stanford University

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Network Neutrality, Congestion Externality, Barbara Van Schewick

123.

Calculating the Value of Unencumbered AWS-3 Spectrum

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 30 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Spectrum, Auctions, Wireless, FCC, Telecommunications, Communications, Policy

124.

The Vanishing Benefits of Fair Use: A Review of the Flynn-Palmedo Study on ‘User Rights’ in Copyright Law

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17-12
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 53 (620,301)

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Copyright, Fair Use, Safe Harbors, Infringement, Liability

125.

Fabricating a Broadband Crisis? More Evidence on the Misleading Inferences from OECD Rankings

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 10-05
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Jul 2010
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, OECD, Rankings, Telecommunications, Per-Capita

126.

Broadband as a Source of Rural Decline: A Look at the Data

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Jul 2019
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Rural, Population

127.

Are Government-Owned Networks Abusing Market Power in the Set-Top Box Market? A Review of Rates

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Are Government-Owned Networks Abusing Market Power in the Set-Top Box Market? A Review of Rates

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 16-03
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Set-top box, Cable Television, CATV, Federal Communications Commission, Regulation, Telecommunications, Converter Box

Are Government-Owned Networks Abusing Market Power in the Set-Top Box Market? A Review of Rates

Phoenix Center Perspectives 16-03
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 24 (840,987)

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Set Top Box, Cable Television, FCC, Regulation, Section 629

128.

Mobile Broadband and Job Search: An Empirical Test

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Job Search, Labor Markets, Internet, FCC, Telecommunications

129.

Public Safety or Commercial Use? A Cost/Benefit Framework for the D Block

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin, No. 26, March 2011
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Apr 2011
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Mobile, Telecommunications, FCC, D Block, Public Safety, Communications, Spectrum Auction

130.

Do Municipal Networks Offer More Attractive Service Offerings Than Private Sector Providers? A Review and Expansion of the Evidence

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Mar 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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broadband, municipal broadband, Internet, Cost of Connectivity, price comparisons

131.

Equalizing Competition Among Competitors: A Review of the DOJ's Spectrum Screen Ex Parte Filing

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 May 2013
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Federal Communications Commission, Departmernt of Justice, spectrum, incentive auction, public interest, antitrust

132.

The Fallacy of Regulatory Symmetry: An Economic Analysis of the 'Level Playing Field' in Cable TV Franchising Statutes

Business and Politics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 21-46, 2001
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Thomas W. Hazlett and George S. Ford
Clemson University and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Level Playing Field, Cable TV, Television, Franchising, Entry Deterrence

133.

Preserving Free Television? Some Empirical Evidence on the Efficacy of Must-Carry

Journal of Media Economics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-14, 2000
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
John D. Jackson and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Must Carry, Broadcasting, Regulation, Communications

134.

Econometric Analysis of Broadband Subscriptions: A Note on Specification

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Internet, Broadband, Telecommunications, Econometrics, Specification

135.

A Most Egregious Act? The Impact on Consumers of Usage-Based Pricing

Phoenix Center Policy Perspective No. 12-02
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 20 Aug 2012
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Usage Based Pricing, Price Regulation, Net Neutality, FCC, broadband

136.

Justifying the Ends: Section 706 and the Regulation of Broadband

Phoenix Center Policy Perspective No. 12-04
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Section 706, FCC. broadband, regulation

137.

The Measurement of Merger Delay in Regulated and Restructuring Industries

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 8, 2001
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Robert B. Ekelund, Mark Thornton and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Merger, Delay, Regulation, Regulated Industries

138.

Internet Use and Job Search: More Evidence

Phoenix Center Perspectives, pp. 1-5, January 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Jan 2010
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Internet, Broadband, Communications, Labor, Job Search, Propensity Score

139.

A Review of the Internet Association's Empirical Study on Network Neutrality and Investment

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17–09
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

140.

Market Power in Radio Markets: An Empirical Analysis of Local and National Concentration

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 43, No. 1, April 2000
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2010
Robert B. Ekelund, George S. Ford and Thomas Koutsky
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and USAID Global Development Lab
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141.

'Relevance' and 'Price' as Determinants of Internet Non-Adoption: A Review of the Evidence

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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broadband, broadband adoption, internet, telecommunications

142.

Be Careful What You Ask for: A Comment on the OECD’s Mobile Price Metrics

Perspectives, pp. 1-10, September 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Jul 2010
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Telecommunications, Broadband, Mobile Communications, Cellphones, OECD, Rankings, Phoenix Center

143.

A Fresh Look at the Lifeline Program

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 42 (683,407)

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telecommunications, broadband, subsidies, Lifeline

144.

Internet Use and Labor Market Participation: Additional Insights from New and Old Data

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Telecommunications, FCC, Job Search, Labor Markets

145.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Communications Policy and Employment Effects in the Information Sector

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 25
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Hyeongwoo Kim
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Multipliers, Telecommunications, Regulation, Network Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Title II Regulation, RIMS

146.

Reclassification and Investment: An Analysis of Free Press' 'It's Working' Report

Perspectives, PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES, May 2017
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Jun 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

147.

Approximating the Distribution of Broadband Usage from Publicly-Available Data

Phoenix Center Policy Perspective No. 12-03
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 20 Aug 2012
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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usage distribution, broadband, regulation

148.

Be Careful What You Ask for (Redux): A Comment on the New America Foundation’s Mobile Price Metrics

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Nov 2010
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Mobile Telecommunications, Cellphone, New America Foundation, Pricing, OECD, Rankings, Broadband

149.

An Economic Framework for Retransmission Consent

Phoenix Center Policy Paper Number 47
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Television, Broadcasting, Regulation, Retransmission Consent, Cable Television

150.

Regulatory Expenditures, Economic Growth and Jobs: A Reply to Comments

Phoenix Center Policy Perspective No. 12-01
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Aug 2012
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Regulation, Cost of Regulation, Jobs, Employment, Government, Budget, Deficit, OIRA, Regulator's Budget

151.

On the Road to More Efficient Pricing of Telecommunications Services: A Look at the Evidence

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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FCC, Intercarrier Compensation, Telecommunications, Pricing, Access Charges, Subsidies

152.

Demand Elasticities for International Message Telephone Service

Applied Economics, Vol. 36, p. 1523, 2004
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
George S. Ford and John D. Jackson
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Telecommunications, International, Demand Elasticities, ITMS, FCC

153.

Normalizing Broadband Connections

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 May 2009
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Rankings, OECD, Internet, Telecommunications

154.

Market Mechanisms and the Efficient Use and Management of Scarce Spectrum Resources

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 46
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
Downloads 38 (709,472)
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spectrum, PCAST, NTIA, government spectrum

155.

Comcast's Capital Spending after Reclassification: A Check on Claims

Phoenix Center Perspectives 18–03, 2018
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Jun 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Title II, Comcast, Investment, Broadband, Telecommunications

156.

Wobbling Back to the Fire: Economic Efficiency and the Creation of a Retail Market for Set-Top Boxes

Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 41
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Jan 2011
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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AllVid, CableCard, Section 629, Federal Communications Commission, Set-Top Boxes, National Broadband Plan

157.

Infrastructure Investment After Title II

Phoenix Center Perspectives 18–09, 2018
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Downloads 36 (723,046)

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Net Neutrality, Title II, Investment, Broadband, Telecommunications

158.

Eroding the Rule of Law: Regulation as Cooperative Bargaining at the FCC

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Oct 2015
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Federal Communications Commission, FCC, issue bundling, mergers, public interest, cooperative bargaining

159.

Outliving its Usefulness: A Law and Economics Argument for Sunset of Section 629

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 29
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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FCC, Set Top Box, AllVid, Cable Television, Regulation, CATV

160.

The Flow Through of Cost Changes in Competitive Telecommunications: Theory and Evidence

Empirical Economics, Vol. 30, pp. 555-573, 2005
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Sep 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Carter Hill and Richard Saba
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Economics and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Flow Through, Competition, Telecommunications, Cost Changes, Long Distance

161.

Reclassification and Investment: A Statistical Look at the 2016 Data

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17-08
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

162.

A Further Review of the Internet Association's Empirical Study on Network Neutrality and Investment

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17–10
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

163.

State Automobile Franchise Laws: Public or Private Interests?

Phoenix Center Perspectives 16-06
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard and George S. Ford
Auburn University - Department of Economics and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Automobile, Competition, Intrabrand, Interbrand, Car Prices, Econometric, Antitrust

164.

Digital Discrimination: Fiber Availability and Speeds by Race and Income

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Nov 2022
George S. Ford and Thomas Randolph Beard
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Broadband, Telecommunications, Regulation, FCC, Discrimination, Digital Divide, Digital Equity

165.

‘Regulatory Revival’ and Employment in Telecommunications

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies No. 17-05
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Jun 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation, Employment

166.

Auction 97 and the Value of Spectrum

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 15 Sep 2016
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Spectrum Auctions, Federal Communications Commission, Mobile, Wireless

167.

Cost or Benefit? A Review of the Consumer Federation of America's Report on Regulating Special Access Services

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Cost or Benefit? A Review of the Consumer Federation of America's Report on Regulating Special Access Services

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 16-04
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Special Access, Telecommunications, Regulation, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer Federal of America, Demand Elastiticy

Cost or Benefit? A Review of the Consumer Federation of America's Report on Regulating Special Access Services

Phoenix Center Perspectives 16-04
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Feb 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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FCC, Special Access, CFA, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Welfare, Demand Elasticity

168.

Endogenous Sunk Costs, Quality Competition and Welfare: A Technical Note

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 17 May 2011
George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Sunk Costs, Market Structure, Quality Competition, Consumer Welfare, John Sutton, Communications, Telecommunications, FCC

169.

Price-Quality Tradeoffs and Welfare Effects in Cable Television Markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 107, 2001
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Thomas Randolph Beard, Robert B. Ekelund, George S. Ford and Richard Saba
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Cable Television, Television, CATV, Price Regulation, Quality

170.

Valuing the AWS-3 Spectrum: A Response to Comments

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 30 Jul 2008
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Wireless, Spectrum, Communications, Telecommunications, Auctions, M2Z, AWS

171.

Race and Broadband Adoption: A Decomposition Analysis

PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 52
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Jun 2021
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Race, Digital Divide, Racial Digital Divide

172.

Subsidizing Broadband: Price, Relevance, and the Digital Divide

Phoenix Center Perspectives 20–05
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Subsidies, Non-Adoption, High-Speed Internet

173.

Misleading Inferences from Panel Unit-Root Tests: A Comment

Review of International Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 18 May 2011
George S. Ford, Audrey D. Kline and John D. Jackson
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, University of Louisville College of Business and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Unit Root Tests, SURADF, Dickey Fuller, Panel Data

174.

Should the Internet Tax Moratorium Be Made Permanent?

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 14-03
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Federal Communications Commission, Taxation, Internet Tax Moratorium, Telecommunications

175.

The Impossible Dream: Forbearance after the Phoenix Order

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 10-08
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Jan 2011
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Federal Communications Commission, Section 10, Forbearance, Phoenix Order, Market Power, Marginal Cost, TELRIC

176.

Free Markets, Monopolies, and Copyright

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 14-04
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Copyright, Free Markets, Laissez Faire, Von Mises, Ayn Rand

177.

Why Chattanooga is Not the 'Poster Child' for Municipal Broadband

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 15-01
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Municipal Broadband, Government Provision, Regulation, Subsidies, Telecommunications, Federal Communications Commission

178.

Middle-Class Affordability of Broadband: An Empirical Look at the Threshold Question

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Middle-Class Affordability of Broadband: An Empirical Look at the Threshold Question

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 61, 2022
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Dec 2022
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Telecommunications, Regulation, FCC, NTIA

Middle-Class Affordability of Broadband: An Empirical Look at the Threshold Question

PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 61
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Jul 2023
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, BEAD, Subsidies, Middle Class, Affordability

179.

Product Guidance By Digital Platforms: A Welfare Analysis

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 57 (2022)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Aug 2022
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Online Shopping, Discrimination, Digital Platforms, Product Guidance, Antitrust, FAANG

180.

Are Broadband Prices Declining? A Look at the FCC’s Price Survey Data

PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES 20-07
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Apr 2021
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Internet, Prices

181.

Is France a Broadband Nirvana? A Look at the Data

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Sep 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, COVID, France, U.S., Relative Performance

182.

A Review of the Berkman Center's Price Survey of Municipal Broadband Markets

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 18–01
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Municipal Broadband, Broadband, Government Owned Networks, Fiber Optics, FTTH, FCC, Preemption

183.

Broadband Speeds Post-Reclassification: An Empirical Approach

Perspectives Phoenix Center Perspectives 17-07
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation, Broadband Speed

184.

Skin in the Game: Interference, Sunk Investment, and the Repurposing of Radio Spectrum

Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 40
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 May 2017
Thomas Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Michael L. Stern
Auburn University - Department of Economics, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
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Spectrum, Interference, FCC, Telecommunications

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Cost-Benefit Analysis at the FCC: A Look at the 900 MHz Band

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Jun 2020
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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telecommunications, spectrum, cost-benefit analysis, FCC

186.

Below the Belt: A Review of Free Press and the Internet Association's Investment Claims

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies No. 17-06
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Jun 2017
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Net Neutrality, Investment, Title II, Open Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Regulation

187.

What Is the 'Cost per Regulator' on GDP and Private Sector Job Creation? An Update on Prior Research

Phoenix Center Perspectives No. 17-01
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 May 2017
George S. Ford, Hyeongwoo Kim and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Auburn University and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Regulation, Regulatory Burden, Cost per Regulator, Costs of Regulation

188.

Re-Auction of the D Block: A Review of the Arguments

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Oct 2011
George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Spectrum Auctions, Wireless, Mobile Telecommunications, FCC, D Block, Public Safety, Communications

189.

On the Interpretation of Policy Effects from Estimates of Simultaneous Systems of Equations

Applied Economics, Vol. 30, p. 995, 1998
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
George S. Ford and John D. Jackson
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University - Department of Economics
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Policy, Simultaneous Equations, Telecommunications, Competition

190.

Rhetoric Aside: What the Data Actually Say About Broadband Deployment

Phoenix Center Perspectives 18–07
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Nov 2018
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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Broadband, Competition, Telecommunications, Broadband Map

191.

Will Bidder Exclusions Increase Auction Revenue? A Review of the Arguments

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 Mar 2014
George S. Ford
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
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