Jeffrey A. Eisenach

NERA Economic Consulting

Managing Director

1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20037

United States

http://www.nera.com

American Enterprise Institute

Visiting Scholar

1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

44

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Scholarly Papers (44)

1.

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 1,633 (23,611)
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net neutrality, FCC, Internet, broadband, regulation

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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 (36,862)

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An Empirical Analysis of the Value of Information Sharing in the Market for Online Content

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Apr 2014
Howard Beales and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
George Washington University - School of Business and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 1,002 (48,309)
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Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case Studies

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 792 (66,627)
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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 (104,390)

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telecommunications, unbundling, broadband, technology, innovation

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Comments on Communications Act Modernization

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Feb 2014
High Tech Forum, NERA Economic Consulting, George W. Bush Institute, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies and Entropy Economics LLC
Downloads 542 (108,243)

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FCC, FTC, #CommActUpdate, Communications Act, consolidation, silo, communications regulations, Internet

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Theories of Broadband Competition

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 Jun 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 528 (111,847)
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The Impact of Regulation on Innovation and Choice in Wireless Communications

Review of Network Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2017
Everett Ehrlich, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Wayne A. Leighton
ESC Company, NERA Economic Consulting and Francisco Marroquin University
Downloads 458 (132,776)

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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 380 (164,697)
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The Role of Independent Contractors in the U.S. Economy

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2010
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 365 (172,203)
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Economic Impacts of Mobile Broadband Innovation: Evidence from the Transition to 4G

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 May 2020
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Robert B. Kulick
NERA Economic Consulting and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 326 (194,675)
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5G, 4G, LTE, mobile broadband, ICT, communications, communications infrastructure, Panel VAR, telecommunications, economic growth, economic dynamism, job creation, reverse causality

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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 313 (203,288)

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The Effects of Regulation on Economies of Scale and Scope in TV Broadcasting

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Aug 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 299 (213,491)

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Irrational Expectations: Can a Regulator Credibly Commit to Removing an Unbundling Obligation?

AEI-Brookings Related Publication No. 07-28
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2009
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Hal J. Singer
NERA Economic Consulting and Econ One
Downloads 274 (233,699)
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unbundling, broadband, forbearance

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The Economics of Retransmission Consent

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Jun 2009
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 268 (239,068)
Citation 1

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retransmission consent, broadcasting, intellectual property

16.

US Merger Enforcement in the Information Technology Sector

Forthcoming in Roger Blair and Daniel Sokol, Eds., Handbook of Antitrust, Intellectual Property and High Tech, Cambridge University Press (2017 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Nov 2016
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 257 (249,403)

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Merger policy, merger enforcement, Information Technology Sector

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Estimating the Economic Impact of Repealing the FLSA Companion Care Exemption

Labor Law Journal, Vol. 63 (Fall 2012)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2012
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 231 (277,053)

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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 (294,134)
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Assessing the Costs of the Family and Medical Leave Act

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 200 (317,583)

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20.

Consumer Welfare Implications of Regulating Rent-to-Own Transactions

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 May 2012
Howard Beales, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Robert E. Litan
George Washington University - School of Business, NERA Economic Consulting and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C.
Downloads 188 (336,215)
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Spectrum Reallocation and the National Broadband Plan

Federal Communications Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2013
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 185 (341,232)
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The Effects of Providing Universal Service Subsidies to Wireless Carriers

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2014
Kevin W. Caves and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 159 (389,564)
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wireless, telecommunications, universal service

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The CLEC Experiment: Anatomy of a Meltdown

Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper, Vol. 9., No. 23, September 2002
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Aug 2008
Larry F. Darby, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Joseph S. Kraemer
The American Consumer Institute, NERA Economic Consulting and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 146 (418,093)
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Mobile Wireless Performance in the EU and the US: Implications for Policy

Communications & Strategies, No. 93, 1st Quarter 2014, pp. 35-58
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Erik Bohlin, Kevin W. Caves and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Chalmers University of Technology, and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 144 (422,698)

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spectrum management, performance, ecosystem, dynamic competition, wireless markets

25.

The Effects of Liberalizing Price Controls on Local Telephone Service: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Feb 2012
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 137 (439,736)
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Mobile Wireless Market Performance in Canada: Lessons from the EU and the US

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Sep 2013
Erik Bohlin, Kevin W. Caves and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
Chalmers University of Technology, and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 112 (513,962)
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Canada, EU, mobile wireless markets, U.S., wireless regulation

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Putting Consumers First: A Functionality-Based Approach to Online Privacy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Howard Beales and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
George Washington University - School of Business and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 112 (513,962)
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Telecom Deregulation and the Economy: The Impact of 'UNE-P' on Jobs, Investment and Growth

Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper, Vol. 10.3, January 2003
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Thomas M. Lenard
NERA Economic Consulting and Technology Policy Institute
Downloads 110 (520,879)

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29.

The Benefits and Costs of I-File

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Robert E. Litan, Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 109 (524,314)

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The Debate Over Digital Online Content: Understanding the Issues

Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper, Vol. 9.14, April 2002
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
William F. Adkinson and Jeffrey A. Eisenach
affiliation not provided to SSRN and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 106 (535,217)

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Due Diligence: Risk Factors in the Frontline Proposal

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 105 (538,936)
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32.

The Telecom Revolution: An American Opportunity

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
George Keyworth, Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Thomas M. Lenard and David Colton
affiliation not provided to SSRN, NERA Economic Consulting, Technology Policy Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 100 (557,935)
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What Happens When Local Phone Service is Deregulated?

Regulation, p. 34, Fall 2012
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Kevin W. Caves
NERA Economic Consulting and
Downloads 99 (561,783)

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Broadband Policy: Does the U.S. Have it Right after All?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2012
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 93 (584,904)

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broadband, telecommunications, unbundling

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The Sound Recording Performance Right at a Crossroads: Will Market Rates Prevail?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Dec 2012
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 91 (592,756)

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Revenues from a Possible Spectrum Incentive Auction: Why the CTIA/CEA Estimate is Not Reliable

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 90 (596,768)

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Economic Implications of the FCC's UNE Decision: An Event Analysis Study

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Paul Lowengrub and James C. Miller
NERA Economic Consulting, Nathan Associates and George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice
Downloads 87 (609,232)

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The High Cost of Taxing Telecom

Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper, Vol. 6.6, September 1999
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 69 (693,666)

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Competition in the New Jersey Communications Market: Implications for Reform

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 64 (721,056)

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Improving Public Safety Communications: An Analysis of Alternative Approaches

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Oct 2011
NERA Economic Consulting, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Economists Incorporated and Econ One
Downloads 59 (750,588)

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Universal Service Subsidies to Areas Served by Cable Telephony

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Aug 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 55 (776,213)

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42.

A New Takings Challenge to Access Regulation

American Bar Association, Section on Antitrust Law, Communications Industry Committee Newsletter
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2011
Jeffrey A. Eisenach
NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 53 (789,740)

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In the Matter of United States v. Microsoft Corp. and New York State v. Microsoft Corp., Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Thomas M. Lenard
NERA Economic Consulting and Technology Policy Institute
Downloads 52 (796,760)
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Do UNE Rates Reflect Underlying Costs?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Sep 2008
Jeffrey A. Eisenach and Janusz R Mrozek
NERA Economic Consulting and NERA Economic Consulting
Downloads 44 (857,424)
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