Robert W. Crandall

Brookings Institution

Senior Fellow

1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW

Washington, DC 20036-2188

United States

AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies

1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

30

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Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

Video Games: Serious Business for America's Economy

Entertainment Software Association Report, 2006
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Feb 2020
Robert W. Crandall and J. Gregory Sidak
Brookings Institution and Criterion Economics, LLC
Downloads 3,366 (7,652)

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Video Games, software

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The Empirical Case Against Asymmetric Regulation of Broadband Internet Access

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 953-987, Summer 2002
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Mar 2003
J. Gregory Sidak, Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer
Criterion Economics, LLC, Brookings Institution and Econ One
Downloads 1,650 (23,572)
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Net Neutrality Regulation: The Economic Evidence

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Independent, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, Brookings Institution, The American Consumer Institute, ESC Company, NERA Economic Consulting, George Washington University - Regulatory Studies Center (deceased), Independent, Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Technology Policy Institute, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Francisco Marroquin University, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., University of Virginia School of Law, Econ One, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Marsh & McLennan Companies - Cambridge Office, Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc., London Business School and Kansas State University - Department of Economics
Downloads 1,635 (23,871)
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net neutrality, FCC, Internet, broadband, regulation

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Is Structural Separation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Necessary for Competition?

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 19, pp. 335-411, 2002
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 01 Mar 2002
J. Gregory Sidak and Robert W. Crandall
Criterion Economics, LLC and Brookings Institution
Downloads 1,417 (29,674)
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Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Professors and Scholars in Law and Economics in Support of Certiorari, Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., No. 07-512 (filed Nov. 16, 2007)

U.S. Supreme Court
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 23 May 2012
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Independent, Brookings Institution, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, NERA Economic Consulting, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Deceased, University of Virginia School of Law, Technology Policy Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Yale School of Management (Deceased), Criterion Economics, LLC, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads 1,208 (37,414)

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Should Regulators Set Rates to Terminate Calls on Mobile Networks?

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 261-314, Summer 2004
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Nov 2003
J. Gregory Sidak and Robert W. Crandall
Criterion Economics, LLC and Brookings Institution
Downloads 1,038 (46,593)
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The Failure of Structural Remedies in Sherman Act Monopolization Cases

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 01-05
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 09 Oct 2001
Robert W. Crandall
Brookings Institution
Downloads 835 (63,031)
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Does Video Delivered over a Telephone Network Require a Cable Franchise?

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 251-294, March 2007
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2010
Robert W. Crandall, J. Gregory Sidak and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution, Criterion Economics, LLC and Econ One
Downloads 809 (65,758)

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video over telephone, cable franchise, municipal franchise, Cable Act

9.

Clean Water Act Brief

Reg-Markets Center Brief No. 08-03
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2008
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Columbia University - Law School, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Technology Policy Institute, NERA Economic Consulting, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Yale School of Management (Deceased), George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice, NERA Economic Consulting, Cato Institute, Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Milken Institute, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brookings Institution, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Vanderbilt University - Law School, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of EconomicsStern School of Business, New York University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 789 (67,941)

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10.

Telecommunications Policy Reform in the United States and Canada

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 00-09
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 May 2001
Robert W. Crandall and Thomas W. Hazlett
Brookings Institution and Clemson University
Downloads 620 (92,729)
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Vertical Separation of Telecommunications Networks: Evidence from Five Countries

Federal Communications Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2012
Robert W. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Robert E. Litan
Brookings Institution, NERA Economic Consulting and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C.
Downloads 558 (105,953)

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telecommunications, unbundling, broadband, technology, innovation

12.

Investment in Next Generation Networks and Wholesale Telecommunications Regulation

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Nov 2008
Robert W. Crandall, Debra J. Aron and Debra J. Aron
Brookings Institution and Navigant EconomicsAnkura Consulting Group
Downloads 546 (108,928)
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Broadband networks, ICT, regulatory policy, telecommunications policy, Canadian regulation, investment

13.

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Naaqs) Brief

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. B00-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Nov 2006
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Columbia University - Law School, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Brookings Institution, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Charles River Associates (CRA), Mendocino College, Canadian Investment Review - Rogers Media, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technology Policy Institute, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business (Deceased), American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Yale School of Management (Deceased), University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice, Cato Institute, Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Milken Institute, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Brookings Institution, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brookings Institution, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Washington University in St. Louis - Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 453 (136,721)
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EPA, D.C. Circuit, regulatory actions

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Brief of Amici Curiae Economists in Support of Petitioners, Bell Atlantic V. Twombly

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Jan 2009
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Market Platform Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Deceased, Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Haas School of Business, Stanford University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Georgetown University - Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Economics, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Yale University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group, Stanford University - Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
Downloads 431 (144,881)

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Twombly, Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic v Twombly, Amici Curiae, Sherman Section 1

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Letter to Fcc Chairman Powell Concerning Auction 35

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 06 Dec 2002
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Brookings Institution, Technology Policy Institute, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Clemson University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, Yale School of Management (Deceased), Stanford University, Criterion Economics, LLC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Econ One, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Marsh & McLennan Companies - Cambridge Office and University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group
Downloads 418 (150,208)

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16.

Competition and Regulatory Policies for Interactive Broadband Networks

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 1203-1237, July 1995
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jul 2001
J. Gregory Sidak and Robert W. Crandall
Criterion Economics, LLC and Brookings Institution
Downloads 384 (165,219)

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The Long-Run Effects of Copper Unbundling and the Implications for Fiber

Telecommunications Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2017
Robert W. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Allan T. Ingraham
Brookings Institution, NERA Economic Consulting and Economists Incorporated
Downloads 382 (166,187)
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Do Unbundling Policies Discourage Clec Facilities-Based Investment?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Apr 2003
Robert W. Crandall, Allan T. Ingraham and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution, Economists Incorporated and Econ One
Downloads 360 (177,471)
Citation 21

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telecommunications, investment, unbundling, CLEC, UNE-P

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Is Mandatory Unbundling the Key to Increasing Broadband Penetration in Mexico? A Survey of International Evidence

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Jun 2007
Robert W. Crandall and J. Gregory Sidak
Brookings Institution and Criterion Economics, LLC
Downloads 336 (191,304)

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Broadband Penetration, Unbundling

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Bandwidth for the People

Policy Review, No. 127, October-November 2004, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Regulatory Analysis 04-01
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 May 2005
Robert W. Crandall, Robert W. Hahn, Robert E. Litan and Scott Wallsten
Brookings Institution, Technology Policy Institute, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C. and Technology Policy Institute
Downloads 334 (192,569)

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broadband, universal, March 2004, Bush

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Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Professors and Scholars in Law and Economics in Support of the Petitioners, Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc., No. 07-512 (Filed Sept. 4, 2008)

U.S. Supreme Court
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 23 May 2012
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Independent, Brookings Institution, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, NERA Economic Consulting, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, New York University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Deceased, University of Virginia School of Law, Technology Policy Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Boston University - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Yale School of Management (Deceased), University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Criterion Economics, LLC, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads 316 (204,291)

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22.

Are Vertically Integrated Dsl Providers Squeezing Unaffiliated Isps (and Should We Care)?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 May 2005
Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution and Econ One
Downloads 310 (208,683)
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price squeeze, Internet, DSL, broadband, ISPs

23.

Internet Telephones: Hanging Up on Regulation?

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 03-12
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 May 2005
Robert W. Hahn, Robert W. Crandall, Robert E. Litan and Scott Wallsten
Technology Policy Institute, Brookings Institution, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C. and Technology Policy Institute
Downloads 308 (210,152)

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Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP, FCC

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The Adverse Economic Effects of Spectrum Set-Asides

Canadian Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 6, pp. 131-140, November 2007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2009
Robert W. Crandall and Allan T. Ingraham
Brookings Institution and Economists Incorporated
Downloads 250 (260,602)

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spectrum auction, advanced wireless services, Canada, spectrum set-aside, foreign ownership

25.

Managed Competition in U.S. Telecommunications

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 99-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Oct 2001
Robert W. Crandall
Brookings Institution
Downloads 239 (272,354)
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Letter to Chairman Wheeler: Economic Evidence on Competition in Communications Markets and Implications for Key Policy Issues

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Dec 2013
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, , Brookings Institution, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), ESC Company, NERA Economic Consulting, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Technology Policy Institute, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), The American Consumer Institute, Econ One, Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc., Berkeley Research Group,LLC and Kansas State University - Department of Economics
Downloads 217 (299,037)
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An Economic Assessment of the Weight-Based Cafe Standard Proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 May 2004
Robert W. Crandall, Allan T. Ingraham and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution, Economists Incorporated and Econ One
Downloads 186 (345,309)
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CAFE, NHTSA, fuel economy, light trucks, curb weight, miles per gallon

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Observations on the Current Canadian Ownership Debate in Telecommunications

Criterion Working Paper No. 03-02
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Apr 2003
Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution and Econ One
Downloads 178 (359,236)

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Canada, telecommunications, foreign investment, tiering, licensing, asymmetric regulation

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Life Support for Unaffiliated Isps?

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 46-52, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer
Brookings Institution and Econ One
Downloads 92 (600,240)

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Internet Service Providers, ISPs, broadband, narrowband, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, telecommunications, telecommunications regulators, telecommunication policy, telecommunication policies

30.

The Unregulated Infobahn

Jobs & Capital, Vol. 4, pp. 28-32, Summer 1995
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 Mar 2007
Robert W. Crandall and J. Gregory Sidak
Brookings Institution and Criterion Economics, LLC
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