Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market Failures (updated)

Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market Failures

Federal Communications Commission
October 2, 2014
1:30 pm - 5 pm
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Agenda
1:30 – 1:45 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks

1:45 – 5:00 pm Economics of Broadband: Market Successes and Market Failures
This roundtable will first consider incentives to provide high quality open Internet access service and the relevance of market power. It will then turn to policies to address market power, consumer protection, and shared benefits of the Internet.

Panelists:

• Jonathan Baker, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University
• Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics and Executive Director of the NET Institute, Stern School of Business, New York University
• Thomas Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor, Department of Economics, Clemson University
• Christiaan Hogendorn, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University
• John Mayo, Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University