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2007
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The
Demographic and Economic Drivers of Broadband Adoption
in the United States,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO.31 (November 2007).
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An
Economic Approach to Evaluating a National Wireless
Regulatory Framework,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY BULLETIN NO.19 (October 2007).
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Quantifying
the Cost of Substandard Patents: Some Preliminary Evidence,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO.30 (September 2007).
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The
Broadband Performance Index: A Policy-Relevant Method
of Comparing Broadband Adoption Among Countries,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO.29 (July 2007).
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Testimony
Before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy
and Commerce Subcommittee Telecommunications and the
Internet Hearing on H.R. ___ A Discussion Draft Addressing
Broadband Mapping and Data Collection (May 17, 2007).
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Testimony
Before the House Committee on Commerce and Energy -
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Hearing on “Digital Future of the United States: Part
IV: Broadband Lessons from Abroad” (April 24, 2007).
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Constituency
Size and the Growth of Public Expenditures: The Case
of the United Kingdom,
G. Ford, M. Thornton and M. Ulrich (April 2007).
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Wireless
Net Neutrality: From Carterfone to Cable Boxes,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY BULLETIN NO.18 (May 2007).
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of Florida Study Shows Only Winners from Network Neutrality
Regulation to be Content Providers, Consumers Lose,
G. S. Ford, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PERSPECTIVE NO..07-01
(March 2007).
Network
Neutrality and Foreclosing Market Exchange: A Transaction
Cost Analysis,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO. 28 (March 2007).
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Tort
Liability for Software Developers: A Law & Economics
Perspective,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO. 27 (January 2007).
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2006
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Network
Neutrality and Foreclosing Market Exchange: A Transaction
Cost Analysis,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO. 28 (March 2007).
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Tort
Liability for Software Developers: A Law & Economics
Perspective,
G. S. Ford, T. Koutsky, and L. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER NO. 27 (January 2007).
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An
Investigation into the Influence of Retail Gas Prices
on Oil Company Profits,
G. S. Ford, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 26 (August
2006).
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The
Competitive Effects of Quantity Discounts,
T. R. Beard, G. S. Ford, and D. L. Kaserman (August
2006).
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The
Burden of Network Neutrality on Rural Broadband Deployment,
G. S. Ford, T. M. Koutsky, and L. W. Spiwak, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 25 (July 2006).
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The
Efficiency Risks of Network Neutrality Rules,
G. S. Ford, T. M. Koutsky, L. W. Spiwak, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 16 (May 2006).
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Network
Neutrality, Product Differentiation, and Social Welfare,
G. S. Ford and T. M. Koutsky, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
PAPER NO. 24 (February 2006).
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Unnecessary
Regulations and the Value of Spectrum: An Economic Evaluation
of Lease Term Limits for the Educational Broadband Service,
G. S. Ford and T. M. Koutsky, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
BULLETIN NO. 15 (February 2006).
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A
La Carte and “Family Tiers” as a Response to a Market
Defect in the Multichannel Video Programming Market,
G. S. Ford and T. M. Koutsky, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
BULLETIN NO. 14 (February 2006). Forthcoming in CommLaw
Conspectus, 2006.
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“In
Delay There Is No Plenty”: The Consumer Welfare Cost
of Franchise Reform Delay,
G. S. Ford, T. M. Koutsky and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 23 (January 2006).
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Misleading
Inferences from Panel Unit-Root Tests: A Comment,
G.S. Ford, J. D. Jackson, A. D. Kline, Forthcoming in
the Review of International Economics (2006).
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Event
Studies for Merger Analysis: An Evaluation of the Effects
of Non-Normality on Hypothesis Testing, G. S. Ford
and A. D. Kline (Forthcoming in Antitrust Policy Issues,
Nova Publishers 2006/7).
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An
Econometric-Driven Merger Simulation: Considerations
and Application, T. R. Beard, G. S. Ford, and R.
P. Saba, Published in the International Journal
of the Economics of Business (2006).
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| 2005
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Franchise
Fee Revenues After Video Competition: The “Competition
Dividend” for Local Governments,
G. S. Ford and T. M. Koutsky, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
BULLETIN NO. 12 (November 2005).
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The
Impact of Video Service Regulation on the Construction
of Broadband Networks to Low-Income Households,
G. S. Ford, T. M. Koutsky and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 23 (September 2005), Forthcoming
in I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information
Society (2006/7).
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The
Consumer Welfare Cost of Cable “Build-out” Rules,
G. S. Ford,
T. M. Koutsky and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
PAPER NO. 23 (July 2005). Published as: 28 Hastings
Comm/Ent L.J. 207 (2006)
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Competition
After Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence,
G. S. Ford,
T. M. Koutsky and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
PAPER NO. 23 (July 2005). Forthcoming in the Federal
Communications Law Journal (2006/7).
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Broadband
and Economic Development: A Municipal Case Study from
Florida, George S. Ford and Thomas M. Koutsky (April
2005). Published in the Review of Urban and Regional
Development Studies.
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Does
Municipal Supply of Communications Crowd-Out Private
Communications Investment? An Empirial Study, George
S. Ford (February 2005). Forthcoming in Energy Economics
(2006/7).
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2004
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Mandated
Access and the Make-or-Buy Decision: The Case of Local
Telecommunications Competition, T. R. Beard, G.
S. Ford, and T.M. Koutsky (Forthcoming in the Quarterly
Review of Economics and Finance 2005).
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Are
Unbundled and Self-Supplied Telecommunications Switching
Substitutes? An Empirical Study,
T. R. Beard and G. S. Ford (Forthcoming in the International
Journal of the Economics of Business 2005).
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Quantity-Discount
Contracts as a Barrier to Entry,
T. R. Beard,
G. S. Ford and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER
NO. 20 (November 2004).
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The
Positive Effects of Unbundling on Broadband Deployment,
G. S. Ford and L. J. Spiwak, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY
PAPER NO. 19 (September 2004).
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Splitting
the Baby: An Empirical Test of Rules of Thumb in Regulatory
Price Setting,
T. R. Beard and G. S. Ford (2004).
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You’re
Not Impaired Because You Are Impaired,
G. S. Ford, PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-05 (10
November 2004).
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The
Public’s Network?
G. S. Ford, PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-02 (13
May 2004).
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A
Simulation Analysis of the Effects on Mobile and Wireline
Prices of the Cingular-AT&T Wireless Merger,
T. R. Beard, M. D. Pelcovits, and R. P. Saba (October
2004).
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Higher
Prices Expected from the Cingular/AT&T Wireless
Merger, Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 11 (May
2004).
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Fixed-Mobile
“Intermodal” Competition in Telecommunications: Fact
or Fiction?, Phoenix Center
Policy Bulletin No. 10 (Mar. 2004).
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Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation:
Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation
of TELRIC in Local Telecoms Markets,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 9 (Mar. 2004).
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The $10 Billion Benefit of Unbundling:
Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing Innovations,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 8 (Jan. 2004).
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Pursuing Competition in Local Telephony:
The Law and Economics of Unbundling and Impairment,
T. R. Beard, R. B. Ekelund Jr., and G.S. Ford, November
2002 (forthcoming in the
Journal of Law, Technology, and Policy, Spring 2004).
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Fragmented Duopoly: A Conceptual and
Empirical Investigation, T.
R. Beard, R. C. Hill, G. S. Ford, and R. P. Saba (November
2004).
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2003
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The Positive Effects of Competition on
Employment in the Telecommunications Industry,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 7(Oct. 2003).
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UNE-P Drives Bell Investment: A Synthesis
Approach, Phoenix Center Policy
Bulletin No. 6 (Sept. 2003).
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UNE-P Fact Report,
Pace Coalition (July 2003).
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Set it and Forget it? Market Power and
the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications
Markets, Phoenix Center Policy
Paper No. 18 (July 16, 2003).
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Competition and Bell Company Investment
in Telecommunications Plant: The Effects of UNE-P,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 5 (July 8, 2003).
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The Truth About Telecommunications Investment
After the Telecom Act, Phoenix
Center Policy Bulletin No. 4 (June 24, 2003).
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The Financial Implications of the UNE-Platform:
A Review of the Evidence,
T. R. Beard, G. S. Ford, and C. Klein (Forthcoming in
Commlaw Conspectus, Summer 2003).
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On
the Relationship between Telecommunications Investment
and Economic Growth in the United States,
R. Beil, G. Ford, and J. Jackson (June 2003).
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The
Myth of Below-Cost UNE-P Prices, G.S. Ford (February
2003).
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Telecommunications
Stocks and the FCC's Triennial Review,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 2 (March 11, 2003).
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Innovation, Investment, and Unbundling:
An Empirical Update, R. B.
Ekelund, Jr. and G. S. Ford, June 2002. See update by
Ekelund and Ford,
Mandatory Unbundling, UNE-P, and the Cost of Equity:
A Rejoinder (July 2003).
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The UNE-Platform, Impairment and Natural
Monpoly: Bell Company Estimates of Cost Disparities
and Their Consequences, T.
Koutsky and G. S. Ford (January 2003).
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Daily Stock Returns, Non-Normality and
Hypothesis Testing, G. S.
Ford (July 2003).
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2002
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The Flow Through of Cost Changes in Competitive
Telecommunications: Theory and Evidence,
T. R. Beard, R. C. Hill, G. S. Ford, and R. P. Saba
(November 2002).
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Bell Companies as Profitable Wholesale
Firms: The Economic Implications of UNE-P,
T. R. Beard and C. Klein, Phoenix Center Policy Paper
No. 17, November 2002.
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What Determines Wholesale Prices for
Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation,
T. R. Beard and G.S. Ford, Phoenix Center Policy Paper
No. 16, September 2002.
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Speech by SBC CFO Randall Stephenson,
BAS 32nd Annual Investment Conference
(Sept. 2002).
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Unbundling and Facilities-Based Entry
by CLECs: Two Empirical Tests,
G. S. Ford and M. D. Pelcovits, July 2002.
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An Empirical Examination of the Unbundled
Local Switching Restriction,
Z-Tel Policy Paper No. 3, March 2002.
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Make-or-Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes
for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network,
T. R. Beard and G. S. Ford, Phoenix Center Policy Paper
No. 14, September 2002.
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Does Unbundling Really Discourage Facilities-Based
Entry? An Econometric Examination of the Unbundled Local
Switching Restriction, Z-Tel
Policy Paper No. 4, February 2002.
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Preliminary Evidence on the Demand for
Unbundled Elements, R. B.
Ekelund, Jr. and G. S. Ford, June 2002.
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Some Thoughts on Impairment: An Economic
Analysis of the Impairment Standard of the 1996 Telecommunications
Act, Z-Tel Policy Paper No.
5, April 2002.
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Testimony of George S. Ford, Z-Tel Communications,
in Triennial Review Docket (01-338),
July 2002.
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The Flow Through of Cost Changes in Competitive
Telecommunications: Theory and Evidence,
T. R. Beard, R. C. Hill, G. S. Ford, and R. P. Saba
(November 2002).
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Fragmented Duopoly: A Conceptual and
Empirical Investigation, T.
R. Beard, R. C. Hill, G. S. Ford, and R. P. Saba (November
2002).
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In Through the Back Door: Embedded Cost
and the FLC, G. S. Ford, July
2002.
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How Many Days in a Year? Creative Cost
Modeling and the Cost to Competition,
G.S Ford, July 2002.
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A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation
of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate Their Monopoly
Positions in Local Telecommunications,
G. S. Ford, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 15 (September
2002).
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Why ADCO? Why Now? An Economic Exploration
of Industry Structure for the "Last Mile"
in Local Telecommunications Markets,
T. R. Beard, G.S. Ford, and L. J. Spiwak, May 2002.
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1999
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A Statistical Analysis of the Flow Through
of Switched Access Charge Reductions to Residential
Long Distance Rates, R. C.
Hill and T. R. Beard, May 1999.
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The Measurement of Merger Delay in Regulated
and Restructuring Industries,
R. B. Ekelund, Jr., G. S. Ford, and M. Thornton, August
1999.
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Demand Elasticities for International
Message Telephone Service,
G. S. Ford and J. D. Jackson, March 1999.
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A Theory of Competitive Cross Subsidies,
T. R. Beard, June 1999.
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