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Christopher S. Yoo

University of Pennsylvania Law School

John H. Chestnut Professor of Law

3501 Sansom St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204

United States

http://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/csyoo/

University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication

Professor of Communication

3620 Walnut St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6220

United States

University of Pennsylvania - School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Computer and Information Science

3330 Walnut St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6309

United States

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1.

Keeping the Internet Neutral?: Tim Wu and Christopher Yoo Debate

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 59, No. 3, 2007, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 06-27, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Paper No. 06-30, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 310
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Tim Wu and Christopher S. Yoo
Columbia University - Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 4,806 (573)
Citation 10

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Network Neutrality and the Economics of Congestion

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 94, June 2006, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-28, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-33
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Oct 2005
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 2,402 (3,720)
Citation 15

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Would Mandating Broadband Network Neutrality Help or Hurt Competition? A Comment on the End-to-End Debate

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 04-04; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 04-04
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Feb 2004
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 2,129 (4,481)
Citation 7

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Telecommunications,regulated industries,cyber-law

4.

Vertical Integration and Media Regulation in the New Economy

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-01; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 02-01
Number of pages: 131 Posted: 16 Jul 2002
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 2,012 (4,810)
Citation 8

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5.

Beyond Network Neutrality

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-16; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-20
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 14 Jun 2005
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 1,560 (7,212)
Citation 18

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6.

Cloud Computing: Architectural and Policy Implications

Review of Industrial Organization, Forthcoming, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-15, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-15
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2014
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 978 (15,724)
Citation 1

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Service oriented architecture, thin clients, grid computing, virtualization, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, private clouds, public clouds, disaster recovery, cloud bursting, reliability, latency, bandwidth, quality of service, reliability, privacy, security

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The Unitary Executive in the Modern Era, 1945-2004

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, p. 601, 2005, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 04-12, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 04-09
Number of pages: 131 Posted: 15 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2014
Christopher S. Yoo, Steven G. Calabresi and Anthony J. Colangelo
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 939 (16,340)
Citation 9

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executive, constitutional law, legal history, special counsels, independent agencies

8.

Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 78, Pg. 697, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-33, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-26, TPRC 2009
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 22 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 669 (27,632)
Citation 2

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Internet, broadband policy, intermediation, mass media, net neutrality, editorial discretion, broadcast regulation, scarcity, Pacifica, cable television, privacy, security, dial-a-porn, time brokerage, Fairness Doctrine

9.

Access to Networks: Economic and Constitutional Connections

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 88, 2003, TPRC 2003, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-08, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 02-07, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-05, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 03-06
Number of pages: 141 Posted: 28 Sep 2002
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 625 (34,115)
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Rethinking the Commitment to Free, Local Television

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-09; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 02-09
Number of pages: 140 Posted: 28 Sep 2002
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 595 (34,036)
Citation 1

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U.S. vs. European Broadband Deployment: What Do the Data Say?

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-35
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Oct 2014
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 591 (19,791)

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Empirical legal studies, comparative public policy, regulated industries, Internet, Next Generation Access (NGA), unbundling, broadband access and deployment, investment, innovation, cable modem service, DOCSIS 3, DSL, VDSL, innovation, fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), 4G LTE

12.

On the Regulation of Networks as Complex Systems: A Graph Theory Approach

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1687, Summer 2005, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-14, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-15, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 05-14, TPRC 2005
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 May 2005
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 576 (38,004)
Citation 3

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13.

Network Neutrality, Consumers, and Innovation

University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 25, Pg. 179, 2008, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-40, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-23
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 09 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 571 (34,854)
Citation 2

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Ramsey pricing, two-sided markets, product differentiation, congestion, vertical integration, vertical restraints, prioritization, price signals, dynamic efficiency, exclusivity, network economic effects, exemplifying theory, per se rules, rule of reason, network diversity

14.

What Can Antitrust Contribute to the Network Neutrality Debate?

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-11, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-25, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 570 (35,919)
Citation 2

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antitrust, net neutrality, Internet regulation, standardization, interoperability, network economic effects, interconnection, vertical exclusion, vertical integration, vertical restraints, sector specific regulation

15.

Network Regulation: The Many Faces of Access

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-19; Vanderbilt Law & Economics Research Paper No. 05-15; Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 05-16
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 11 Jun 2005
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 528 (40,369)

Abstract:

network regulation, telecommunications

16.

Is Open Source Software the New Lex Mercatoria?

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-19, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-31, Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Fabrizio Marrella and Christopher S. Yoo
University of Venice - Department of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 519 (38,894)
Citation 1

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open source software, lex mercatoria, UNIDROIT, copyright misuse, patent misuse, arbitration

17.

Mandating Access to Telecom and the Internet: The Hidden Side of Trinko

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 106, 2006, Vanderbilt Public Law Working Paper No. 07-07, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Paper No. 07-07
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 493 (46,367)

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antitrust, telecommunications, access, Trinko, graph theory, network theory, essential facilities doctrine, vertical exclusion, vertical integration, state action immunity, primary jurisdiction, abstention, dynamic efficiency, retail access, wholesale access, interconnection access, platform access

18.

Copyright and Product Differentiation

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 03-19; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 03-06
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 22 Oct 2003
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 488 (43,461)
Citation 8

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19.

The Rise and Demise of the Technology-Specific Approach to the First Amendment

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-02; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 02-02
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 16 Jul 2002
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 481 (37,305)
Citation 8

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The Unitary Executive During the Third Half-Century, 1889-1945

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 04-11; Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 04-10
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Christopher S. Yoo, Steven G. Calabresi and Laurence Nee
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Downloads 469 (45,901)
Citation 3

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Unitary Executive

21.

Copyright and Public Good Economics: A Misunderstood Relation

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 155, 2007, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 06-22, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-22
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 465 (46,989)
Citation 2

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22.

Rethinking Broadband Internet Access

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 22, 2008, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research No. 08-34, U of Penn, Inst. for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-16
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 26 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 457 (25,967)
Citation 2

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graph theory, complex systems, network neutrality, open access, telecommunications, natural monopoly, ruinous competition, network economic effects, vertical exclusion, cable modem, digital subscriber lines, DSL, transaction costs

23.

Product Life Cycle Theory and the Maturation of the Internet

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 104, No. 2, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-41, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-35, 2010 TPRC Conference
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 426 (55,571)

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Dominant design, technological trajectories, design hierarchies, technological paradigms, Thomas Kuhn, modularity, transaction costs, complementary assets, divided technical leadership, network neutrality, network management, prioritization, strategic partnerships

24.

When Antitrust Met Facebook

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 1147, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-31
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Oct 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 408 (30,558)

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social media, Twitter, MySpace, network economic effects, market power, exclusionary conduct, gateways, adapters, data portability, privacy

25.

The Changing Patterns of Internet Usage

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-16, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-16
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 May 2011
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 408 (49,744)
Citation 2

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Internet protocol video, wireless broadband, cloud computing, programmable networks, pervasive computing, sensor networks, IPTV, quality of service, congestion management, multicasting, bandwidth, reliability, privacy, security

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Innovations in the Internet’s Architecture that Challenge the Status Quo

Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 8, p. 79, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-32, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-25
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 405 (48,963)
Citation 1

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broadband policy, Internet topology, private peering, multihoming, secondary peering, server farms, content delivery networks, peer-to-peer technology, paid peering, partial transit, two-sided markets, Internet advertising, congestion, quality of service, net neutrality

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Network Neutrality or Internet Innovation?

Regulation, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 22-29, Spring 2010, U of Penn Inst. for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 397 (54,059)
Citation 2

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Network Neutrality, Private Peering, Multihoming, Secondary Peering, Paid Peering, Partial Transit, Server Farms, Content Delivery Networks, Peer-to-Peer, Client-Server, Two-Sided Markets

28.

Antitrust, the Internet, and the Economics of Networks

Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics, Roger D. Blair & D. Daniel Sokol eds., Oxford University Press, 2014, Forthcoming, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-36
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 369 (42,315)

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Antitrust, transportation, utilities, information networks, law and technology, economics, types of networks, natural monopoly, network economic effects, vertical exclusion, dynamic efficiency, structural remedies, vertical separation, behavioral remedies, essential facilities doctrine

29.

Copyright and Democracy: A Cautionary Note

Vanderbilt U Law & Economics Research Paper No. 99-26; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 01-06
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Nov 2000
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 318 (74,238)
Citation 1

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30.

Network Neutrality after Comcast: Toward a Case-by-Case Approach to Reasonable Network Management

NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS POLICY, Randolph J. May, ed., p. 55, Carolina Academic Press, 2009, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-42, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-36
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 297 (77,345)

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Internet, standardization, interoperability, quality of service, tiered services, two-sided markets, investment incentives, rule of reason, prioritization, network diversity

31.

New Models of Regulation and Inter-Agency Governance

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 03-14; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 03-02
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Oct 2003
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 284 (85,335)

Abstract:

Telecommunications, regulated industries, cyber-law

32.

The Convergence of Broadcasting and Telephony: Legal and Regulatory Implications

Communications & Convergence Review, Vol. 1, Pg. 44, December 2009 , U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-34, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-40
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 279 (83,074)

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Telecommunications, mass media, broadcast regulation, Internet, regulated industries, economic regulation, cost-of-service ratemaking, intermodal competition, unbundling, vertical exclusion, structural regulation, universal service, public broadcasting, IP video, multicast protocols

33.

Network Neutrality and the Need for a Technological Turn in Internet Scholarship

Forthcoming in HANDBOOK OF MEDIA LAW AND POLICY: A SOCIO-LEGAL EXPLORATION (Monroe E. Price & Stefaan G. Verhulst eds., Routledge, 2012), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-35
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 May 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 273 (75,724)

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type of service, NSFNET, BGP, policy-based routing, DiffServ, IntServ, MPLS, 700 MHz auction, load balancing, U-verse, Amtrak Acela, PlusNet, Internet2’s Interoperable On-demand Network, LEDBAT, IPv6, MetroPCS

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Architectural Censorship and the FCC

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 04-10; Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 04-15
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Jun 2005
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 271 (88,761)
Citation 2

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Telecommunications and Regulated Industries, antitrust, constitutional law

35.

Wickard for the Internet? Network Neutrality after Verizon v. FCC

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 66, P. 415, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-36
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 239 (54,799)

Abstract:

Net neutrality, Open Internet, telecommunications service, information service, Title II reclassification, common carriage, canon of construction, public utility, ancillary jurisdiction, general purpose technologies (GPTs), commercially reasonable, Cellco Partnership v. FCC, forbearance, preemption

36.

Beyond Coase: Emerging Technologies and Property Theory

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 160, p. 2189, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-16
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 May 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 217 (102,948)

Abstract:

Law and economics, government ownership, emerging technologies, property rights, Shannon’s Law, multipath propagation, interdependencies, sources of interference, loop flow, Internet congestion, attributing harm, commons, hawk-dove game, alternate solution of bargaining, use restrictions

37.

Protocol Layering and Internet Policy

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 161, P. 1707, 2013, 2014 TPRC Conference Paper, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-18
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Jun 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 209 (58,969)

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Internet law and regulation, emerging technologies, public policy, regulatory framework, protocol layering, ossification, innovation

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Deregulation vs. Reregulation of Telecommunications: A Clash of Regulatory Paradigms

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 36, p. 847, 2011, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-33, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 May 2012 Last Revised: 19 May 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 206 (66,477)

Abstract:

natural monopoly, breakup of AT&T, local loop unbundling, ladder of investment, network neutrality, rate regulation, vertical integration, investment incentives

39.

Nonrivalry and Price Discrimination in Copyright Economics

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 157, Pg. 1801, July 2009, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-17, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-13
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 May 2009 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2009
John P. Conley and Christopher S. Yoo
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 194 (121,132)

Abstract:

intellectual property, public goods, Samuelson condition, access-incentives tradeoff, hedonic characteristics, spatial competition

40.

Are Those Who Ignore History Doomed to Repeat it?

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 1627, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-08, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-14
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014
Peter Decherney, Nathan Ensmenger and Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin - School of Information and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 179 (125,677)

Abstract:

Antitrust, Communications Law, Computer Law, Free Speech, Government Regulation, Intellectual Property Law, Law and Economics, Law and Technology, Regulated Industries, Science and Technology, Trade Regulation, Business History Trade Regulation

41.

Toward a Unified Theory of Access to Local Telephone Systems

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 61, p. 43, 2008, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-18, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 May 2009 Last Revised: 25 May 2009
Daniel F. Spulber and Christopher S. Yoo
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 169 (90,442)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Antitrust, telecommunications, access regulation, graph theory, natural monopoly, network economic effects, vertical exclusion, managed competition, transaction costs, complex systems

42.

Is There a Role for Common Carriage in an Internet-Based World?

Houston Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 545, 2013, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-37
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 158 (127,481)

Abstract:

telecommunications regulation, common carriers, competition, monopoly, market power, price discrimination, infrastructure, information services, Comcast Corp. v. FCC, Open Internet Order, VoIP, product differentiation, allocative efficiency, just and reasonable rates, market failures

43.

Copyright and Personhood Revisited

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-39
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Oct 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 156 (134,265)
Citation 1

Abstract:

personality theory, self-actualization, intellectual property, jurisprudence, nonliterary and derivative works, capabilities theory, fair use, public domain, fan fiction

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Introduction, in Critical Concepts in Intellectual Property Law: Copyright

CRITICAL CONCEPTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: COPYRIGHT, Christopher S. Yoo ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, October 2011, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-37, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-46
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Nov 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 154 (143,345)

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Intellectual Property Law, historical interpretation, monopolies, philosophy of copyright, Locke, Hegel, democratic theories, pure public goods, transaction costs, fair use, New Institutional Economics, reconfiguration of property, colonial & early U.S. legislation, political economy of IP rights

45.

Cyber Espionage or Cyberwar?: International Law, Domestic Law, and Self-Protective Measures

Cyberwar: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts (Jens David Ohlin, Kevin Govern, Claire Finkelstein, eds., 2015), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-3
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 141 (78,169)

Abstract:

Cyberwar, law of war, law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, jus ad bellum, jus in bello, cybersecurity, digital warfare, cyberattack, Geneva Convention, Independent Group of Experts (IGE), Unrestricted Warfare, attribution, air gaps, kill switches, critical infrastructure

46.

Modularity Theory and Internet Regulation

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2016, P. 1, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-15, 2012 TRPC
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2016
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 137 (116,169)

Abstract:

Law and Economics, Law and Regulatory Systems, Law, Technology and Communications, Regulated Industries, Science and Technology, Communications Law, Computer Law, Law and Technology

47.

New Technologies and Constitutional Law

Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law 485 (Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner, Cheryl Saunders, eds., 2013), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-30
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Thomas Fetzer and Christopher S. Yoo
University of Mannheim - Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Regulierungsrecht und Steuerrecht and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 131 (151,871)

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Comparative constitutional law, technological innovation, German Basic Law, freedom of speech, communications, government regulation, broadcast spectrum, content regulation, Fourth Amendment, surveillance, expectations of privacy, remote online searches of personal computers, legislatures, courts

48.

Is the Internet a Maturing Market? If So, What Does that Imply?

Communications of the ACM, p. 24, 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-14, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 28 Apr 2011
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 127 (173,416)

Abstract:

Product life cycle, dominant design, technological guidepost, technological paradigm, technological trajectory, design hierarchy, market maturation

49.

Can Interagency Dialogue Serve as the New Separation of Powers?

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 07-08, Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, Vol. 116, November 2006
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 125 (183,933)

Abstract:

administrative law, separation of powers, checks and balances, bureaucracy theory, executive power, presidential power

50.

Wireless Networks: Technological Challenges and Policy Implications

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-31
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Nov 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 120 (157,619)

Abstract:

Communications law, regulation, wireless broadband service, bandwidth constraints, congestion management, error correction, absence of per-flow state, prioritization, net neutrality, FCC, rule against unreasonable discrimination, Open Internet Order, routing architecture and addressing space

51.

The Enduring Lessons of the Breakup of AT&T: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 61, p. 1, 2008, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-19, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-15
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 May 2009
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 116 (180,620)

Abstract:

antitrust, telecommunications, Modification of Final Judgment, divestiture, equal access, Trinko, structural separation, consent decree, intercarrier compensation

52.

Architectural Regulation and the FCC

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 22-29, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 110 (200,673)

Abstract:

media, media regulation, media content, ownership restrictions, structural regulations, television, tv, cable tv, free tv, cable television, cable, media markets, vertical integration, radio, program content, media programming, FCC, censorship, First Amendment

53.

Public Good Economics and Standard Essential Patents

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-27
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Aug 2014
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 103 (179,567)

Abstract:

fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND), Intellectual property, standard setting organizations, patent royalties, Samuelson condition, price discrimination, incentive incompatibility, mechanism design, Vickery auctions, Clarke-Groves-Ledyard, bundling

54.

The Wires Go to War: The U.S. Experiment with Government Ownership of the Telephone System During World War I

Texas Law Review, Vol. 91, pp. 983, 2013, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-14, 2012 TRPC
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 08 May 2013
Michael A. Janson and Christopher S. Yoo
Federal Communications Commission and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 96 (193,266)

Abstract:

telecommunications, antitrust, government ownership, natural monopoly, universal service, Kingsbury Committment

55.

Technologies of Control and the Future of the First Amendment

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 747, 2011, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-34
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 May 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 75 (257,298)

Abstract:

Pacifica, indecency, free speech, V-chip, Fox Television, liberal theory, idealized preferences, private censorship, scarcity, Turner, bottleneck, gatekeeper

56.

A Clash of Regulatory Paradigms

Regulation, p. 42, Fall 2012
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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57.

Presidential Power in Historical Perspective: Reflections' on Calabresi and Yoo's the Unitary Executive

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-17
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 May 2011
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 68 (263,174)

Abstract:

Separation of powers, government regulation, constitutional law, legal history, executive power, special prosecutors, independent counsels, Ethics in Government Act, Tenure of Office Act, departmentalism, removal, prompt letters

58.

Response to Questions in the First White Paper, 'Modernizing the Communications Act'

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-11
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2014
Randolph J. May, Richard A. Epstein, Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Daniel Lyons, James B. Speta and Christopher S. Yoo
The Free State Foundation, New York University School of Law, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Law, Boston College - Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 64 (259,277)

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Communications Law, FCC, New Communications Act, Digital Age, Telecommunications Regulation

59.

Technological Determinism and Its Discontents

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 127, p. 914, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-15
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Apr 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 52 (188,474)

Abstract:

antitrust, DOCSIS 3.0, FiOS, U-verse, VDSL, mobile broadband, 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE), horizontal integration, vertical integration, Online Video Distributors (OVDs), Netflix, Open Connect, sports programming, financing and syndication rules (finsyn), state owned enterprises, municipal fiber

60.

Merger Review by the Federal Communications Commission: Comcast-NBC Universal

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 45, p. 295, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-14
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Apr 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 51 (215,727)

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competition policy, Clayton Act, horizontal integration, vertical integration, Merger Guidelines, cable television, public interest standard, direct broadcast satellites (DBS), multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), online video distributors (OVDs), voluntary commitments, Netflix

61.

Internet Policy Going Forward: Does One Size Still Fit All?

in Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years 51 (Randolph J. May ed., 2012)., U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-35
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Dec 2013
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 39 (322,467)

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Administrative law, Open Internet Order, Comcast Corp. v. FCC, technological innovation, disconnected and hybrid networks, managed and unmanaged networks, multihoming, network economic effects, economies of scale, standardization, product differentiation, private networking

62.

The Impact of Codification on the Judicial Development of Copyright

In Intellectual Property and the Common Law (Shyamkrishna Balganesh, ed., 2013), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-4
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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jurisprudence, legisprudence, legislation, dynamic statutory interpretation, equity of the statute, construction, separation of powers, intellectual property, copyright infringement, patent law, democracy, Folsom, Kalem, Sony, Grokster, Bobbs-Merrill, Quality King, Kirtsaeng, precedent

63.

The Unfulfilled Promise of Korean Telecommunications Reform

LEGAL REFORM IN KOREA (Tom Ginsburg ed., RoutledgeCurzon 2004)., Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 04-01, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 04-01
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Feb 2004 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 7 (480,781)

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Telecommunications, regulated industries

64.

Municipal Fiber in the United States: An Empirical Assessment

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2017
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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65.

Innovative Approaches to Connecting the Unconnected

Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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66.

The Bounds of Executive Discretion in the Regulatory State

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 164, Pg. 1587, 2016, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-47
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Jan 2017
Cary Coglianese and Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Administrative law, constitutional law, separation of powers, executive power, federal courts, Heckler v. Chaney, Presidency, executive branch, POTUS, President of the United States, executive discretion, agency enforcement discretion

67.

Presidential Signing Statements: A New Perspective

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 164, P. 1801, 2016, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-45
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Constitutional Law, Separation of Powers, Signing Statements, Statutory Interpretation, Executive Branch, Discretion, Invalidation, Veto Power, Equal Dignity Principle, Departmentalism, Coordinate Construction

68.

Open Source, Modular Platforms, and the Challenge of Fragmentation

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-29
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2016
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Platforms, open source software, modular systems, innovation, compatibility standards, non-compliant modules, fragmentation, forking, Unix, Symbian, Linux, Android, smart phones, smartphone operating systems, testing, integration, anti-fragmentation agreement (AFA), governance

69.

Moore's Law, Metcalfe's Law, and the Theory of Optimal Interoperability

Colorado Technology Law Journal, Vol. 14, Pg. 87, 2015 , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-7
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jul 2016
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Telecommunications law and policy, digital technologies, network economic effects, efficiencies, Moore’s Law, Metcalfe’s Law, economies of scale, diminishing returns, Zipf’s Law, standards, protocols, heterogeneity of consumer preference

70.

Toward a Closer Integration of Law and Computer Science

Communications of the ACM, Jan. 2014, P. 39, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-45
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 Dec 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Abstract:

Telecommunications law and policy, technology, innovation, regulation, internet architecture, legal training, intellectual property, copyright, patents

71.

Possible Paradigm Shifts in Broadband Policy

I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, Vol. 9, P. 367, 2015, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-43
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Abstract:

Telecommunications law and policy, wireless transmission, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, broadband technology, competition, internet access, mobile devices

72.

A Market-Oriented Analysis of the 'Terminating Access Monopoly' Concept

14 Colo. Tech. L.J. 21 (2015), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-44
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2016
Jonathan E. Nuechterlein and Christopher S. Yoo
Federal Trade Commission and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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telecommunications law, telecommunications policy, terminating access monopoly, terminating monopoly, gatekeeper, interconnection, intercarrier compensation

73.

The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Transforming the Network

The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Transforming the Network (AEI Press 2012), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-40
Posted: 12 Oct 2012
Christopher S. Yoo
University of Pennsylvania Law School

Abstract:

Network diversity, IPTV, network neutrality, private peering, multihoming, secondary peering, content delivery networks, reliability, security, congestion, two-sided markets, intermediation, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Law and Technology, Law and Society, Internet history and regulation

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