TPRC41

September 26 - 28, 2013

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

TPRC41 Photo Album

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pre-Conference Session

12:00 pm  Lunch and Learn

A luncheon presentation of timely material for Hill and other government agency staff will be held at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. Limited space available. Indicate on your registration if you would like to be added to the list for attendance. We will notify you if space is available.

Co-moderators:

Nicol Turner- Lee, Minority Media and Telecom Council and TPRC Board Member

Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge and TPRC Board Member

Panelists:

Krishna Jayakar, Penn State University, “Broadband and Unemployment”

Scott Jordan, University of California at Irvine, “Broadband Data Caps”

Michael Mandel, Progressive Policy Institute, “Data, Trade and Growth”

Judith Mariscal, CIDE, “Socioeconomic Impact of Mobile Devices”

L. Jean Camp, Indiana University, “Efficient Methods to Guard Against Online Risk”

Friday, September 27, 2013

12:00 pm -Registration

2:00 pm- Panels I

4:00 pm - Panels II

5:30 pm - Reception and Poster Session

6:15 pm- Dinner

7:15 pm- Keynote Speaker: Preston Padden, Executive Director, Expanding Opportunities For Broadcasters Coalition

Saturday, September 28, 2013

8:00 am - Continental Breakfast

9 -10:40 am - Paper Session I

11:10-12:50 - Paper Session II

(Five simultaneous tracks of 3 papers per session. For paper titles, click here.)

12:50-2:00pm - Lunch and Student Paper Awards

2:00- 3:40pm - Paper Session III

4:10-5:50pm - Paper Session IV

5:50 pm - Reception

6:30 pm- Dinner and panel: On Free Speech in an Electronic Age: Evaluating Ithiel de Sola Pool's "Technologies of Freedom" after 30 Years

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of Ithiel de Sola Pool's final and seminal book, "Technologies of Freedom." It's opening words, as current today as then, are "Civil liberty functions today in a changing technological context."

Pool was forward thinking in his capacity for understanding how the forces and trends in information technologies evident in the early 1980s might play themselves out over the decades. To commemorate Pool's work and to introduce it to those who may have missed it, we will dedicate this session to an informal discussion with outstanding scholars who worked with Pool or who have been influenced by his work. They will pursue Pool's admonition that "the norms that govern information and communication will be even more crucial than in the past."

Moderator: Ben Compaine

Discussants:

  • Eli Noam, Columbia University

  • Adam Thierer, George MasonUniversity 

  • W. Russel Neuman, University of Michigan

  • Sharon Gillett, Microsoft

Sunday, September 29, 2013

8:00 am -Continental breakfast

9:00-10:10am -Paper Session V

10:40-12:50pm - Paper Session VI

Paper Sessions

Saturday, September 28, 9:00-10:40 am

Internet Policy 1

Moderator: Chanelle Hardy, National Urban League

The Impact of Broadband Speed on the Household Income: Comparing OECD and Brics
Ibrahim Rohman, Chalmers University of Technology; Erik Bohlin*, Chalmers University of Technology

Broadband and Unemployment: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data for U.S. Counties
Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania State University; Eun-A Park*, University of New Haven

The Impact of High-Speed Broadband Availability on Real Estate Values: Evidence from United States Property Markets
Gabor Molnar*, University of Colorado at Boulder; Scott Savage, University of Colorado at Boulder; Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder

Spectrum & Mobile Applications 1

Moderator: Bill Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Enforcement and Spectrum Sharing: Case Studies of Federal-Commercial Sharing
Mohammed Altamaimi*, University of Pittsburgh; Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh; Mark McHenry, Shared Spectrum Company

Implications of Recent Spectrum Sharing Efforts within the U.S.
Greg Leon*, University of Colorado at Boulder; Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder

An Exploration Into Spectrum Policy Debates on Social Media
Michael A. Janson*, Federal Communications Commission; William M. Rand, University of Maryland

Competition & Innovation 1

Moderator: Evan Kwerel, Federal Communications Commission

Spectrum Floors in the UK 4G Auction: An Innovation in Regulatory Design
Geoffrey Myers*, LSE

Cellular Competition and the Weighted Spectrum Screen
Jon Peha*, Carnegie Mellon University

Assessing Access Network Market Power
Elisabeth Maida*, Akamai Technologies

Governance 1

Moderator: Heather Hudson, University of Alaska Anchorage

Broadband Internet in the Chinese Crisis Economy
Yu Hong*, University of Southern California

Implementing an Open Internet: Republic of Korea and U.S. Perspectives and Motivations 
Douglas Sicker*, University of Colorado Boulder; Boonyeon Kim, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

The Hardest Cases of Broadband Policy: Native Telecommunications, Captive States, and Policy Entrainment
Christian Sandvig*, University of Michigan

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 1

Moderator: Julia Horwitz, EPIC

Mobile Privacy Expectations in Context
Katie Shilton*, University of Maryland, College Park; Kirsten Martin, George Washington University School of Business

It's the Definition, Stupid! Framing of Online Privacy in the Internet Governance Forum Debates
Dmitry Epstein*, Cornell Law School; Merrill Roth, Cornell University; Eric Baumer, Cornell University

Violating Your Privacy: An Economist's Perspective
Coleman Bazelon*, The Brattle Group; Giulia McHenry, The Brattle Group

Saturday, September 28, 11:10 am -12:50 pm

Internet Policy 2

Moderator: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University

Internet Policy’s Next Frontier: Usage-Based Broadband Pricing
Daniel Lyons*, Boston College - Law School

Nonlinear Pricing: Self-Selecting Tariffs and Regulation
James Alleman*, ITP

How Do ISP Data Caps Affect Subscribers?
Wei Dai, University of California, Irvine; Scott Jordan*, University of California, Irvine

Spectrum & Mobile Applications 2

Moderator: Antonio Garcia Zaballos, IDB

Policy Framework for Spectrum Management in Emerging Economies: Lessons from Mobile Broadband Spectrum Allocations in India and the Philippines
Rekha Jain*, IIMA-IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence

Competing Models for the Mobile Payment Ecosystem in Japan, South Korea and China
Miao Miao, Southwest Jiaotong University; Krishna Jayakar*, Pennsylvania State University

Competition & Innovation 2

Moderator: Terry Flew, Queenland University

Lemons on the Edge of the Internet: Technological Convergence and Misleading Advertising in the Provision of Internet Access Services
Reza Rajabiun*, Ryerson University; Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University

Take Your Phone Number with You! Explaining the Diffusion of Number Portability Policy Across Nations
Irene Wu*, Georgetown University

The Experts in the Crowd: The Role of Reputable Investors in a Crowdfunding Market
Keongtae Kim*, University of Maryland; Siva Viswanathan, University of Maryland; 2nd Place Student Paper Winners

Governance  2

Moderator: Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland

Independent, Local Broadband and Business Performance: A Multiple Case Study
Michael Fortunato*, Pennsylvania State University; Theodore R. Alter, Pennsylvania State University

Impacts of the Broadband Telecommunication Opportunities Program in Michigan Urban Communities
Brandon Brooks*, Michigan State University; Robert LaRose; Wenjuan Ma; Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University; Steven Wildman, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law; Charles Steinfield; Hsin-yi Tsai, Michigan State University

The Rise of Quasi-Common Carriers and Conduit Convergence
Rob Frieden*, Pennsylvania State University

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 2

Moderator: Adam Thierer, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Do News Aggregators Favor Expert or Generalist News?
Lisa George, Hunter College, CUNY; Christiaan Hogendorn*, Wesleyan University

Why Are College Students Easily Targeted?: The Enforcement of the Graduated Response Policy on Campus
Ju Young Lee, Pennsylvania State University; Sangyong Han, Pennsylvania State University; Ben Cramer*, Pennsylvania State Univeristy

Speaking of Forgetting: Analysis of Possible Non-EU Responses to the Right to Be Forgotten and Speech Exception
Meg Leta Ambrose*, Georgetown University

Saturday, September 28, 2:00-3:40 pm

Internet Policy 3

Moderator: Peter Stenberg, USDA ERS

Sustainable Broadband: A Monitoring Framework for Broadband Policy in Rural Areas in the Netherlands
Bert Sadowski*, Eindhoven University of Technology TUE; Ursula Kirchholtes, Witteveen + Bos

The Impact of Intelligent Infrastructure Investment on the Well-Being of a Country
Martha Garcia-Murillo*, Syracuse University

Broadband's Contribution to Economic Health in Rural Areas: A Causal Analysis
Brian Whitacre*, Oklahoma State University; Roberto Gallardo, Mississippi State University; Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin

Spectrum & Mobile Applications 3

Moderator: Chuck Jackson, Consultant

Technical Principles of Spectrum Allocation
Richard Bennett*, ITIF

The Emperor Has No Problem: Is There Really Wi-Fi Congestion at 2.4 GHz?
Andreas Achtzehn, RWTH Aachen University; J. Pierre De Vries*, University of Colorado at Boulder Law School; Marina Petrova, RWTH Aachen University; Ljiljana Simic, RWTH Aachen University; Petri Mähönen, RWTH Aachen University

What About Wireless? An Investigation of Mobile Broadband in Fibre to the Home Environments
Catherine Middleton*, Ryerson University

Competition & Innovation 3

Moderator: Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute

Data, Trade, and Growth
Michael Mandel*, Progressive Policy Institute

A Quantitative Approach to Include Time and Innovation in Traditional Market Analysis
Bruno Soria*, Telefónica; Fernando Herrera-Gonzlez, Telefónica, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

More than Tools: ICTs Influencing Social Movement’s Opportunity Structures
Fatima Espinoza-Vasquez*, Syracuse University

Governance 3

Moderator: Don Stockdale, Mayer Brown

The Law and Economics of the FCC's Transaction Review Process
Geoffrey Manne*, Lewis & Clark Law School; William Rinehart, International Center for Law and Economics; Ben Sperry, International Center for Law & Economics; Matt Starr, International Center for Law & Economics; Berin Michael Szoka, Tech Freedom

Grin and Forbear It: Suffering Statutory Forbearance Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Cary Adickman*, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law; 3rd Place Student Paper Winner

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Cultural Trade Protectionism
Andres Hervas-Drane*, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Eli Noam, Columbia Business School

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 3

Moderator: Matt Wood, Free Press

A World Without Cablevision nor Sony: How Japanese Courts Find Providers of Personal Locker and Content-Sharing Services Liable
Tomoaki Watanabe*, International University of Japan; Iwao Kidokoro, International University of Japan

Prime-Time Any Time: The Effect of Time-Shifted TV on Media Consumption
Rodrigo Belo*, Carnegie Mellon University; Miguel Godinho de Matos, Carnegie Mellon University; Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon University

Trade Dress 2.0: Trademark Protects in Web Design What Copyright Does Not
Gregory Melus*, American University; 1st Place Student Paper Winner

Saturday, September 28, 4:10-5:50 pm

Internet Policy 4

Moderator: Henning Schulzrine, Federal Communications Commission

Platform Models for Sustainable Internet Regulation
KC Claffy, University of California, San Diego; David Clark*, MIT CSAIL

Framing the Value of Internet Exchange Participation
Jesse Sowell*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Evolution of the Generalized Differentiated Services Architecture and the Changing Role of the Internet Engineering Task Force
Guenter Knieps*, University of Freiburg

Spectrum & Mobile Applications 4

Moderator: Philip Webre, CBO

How Do Limitations in Spectrum Fungibility Impact Spectrum Trading?
Marcela Gomez*, University of Pittsburgh; Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh

Can Unlicensed Bands Be Used by Unlicensed Usage?
Liu Cui*, University of Pittsburgh; Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh

The Economics of Spectrum Sharing
Giulia McHenry*, The Brattle Group; Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group

Competition & Innovation 4

Moderator: Gloria Sheu, Department of Justice

Smartphones as a Substitute? Why Some Smartphone Users Aren't Subscribing at Home
Chris McGovern*, Connected Nation Inc.; John Walker, Connected Nation Inc.; Hongquang Sun, Connected Nation Inc.

Wifi as a Comercial Service: New Technology and Policy Implications
David Reed*, University of Colorado Boulder; Jim Lansford, University of Colorado Boulder

Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision Via Cord-Cutting Behavior
Jeffrey Prince*, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business; Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Governance 4

Moderator: Paul Zimmerman, Federal Trade Commission

No Dialtone: The End of the Public Switched Telephone Network
Kevin Werbach*, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Competition Versus Regulation in the Post-Sunset PSTN
Richard Taylor*, Pennsylvania State University

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 4

Moderator: Joseph Miller, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Contextual Expectations of Privacy in Self-Generated Health Information Flows
Heather Patterson*, New York University

Search Engines after 'Google Spain': Internet@Liberty or Privacy@Peril?
Jef Ausloos*, KU Leuven; Brendan Van Alsenoy, KU Leuven; Aleksandra Kuczerawy, KU Leuven

The Paradox of Privacy Empowerment: the Unintended Consequences of Do Not Track
Berin Michael Szoka*, Tech Freedom

Sunday, September 29, 9:00-10:40 am

Internet Policy 5

Moderator: Nick Feamster, Georgia Tech

Net Neutrality, Network Investment and Content Quality
Edmond Baranes*, Université Montpellier I

Deep Packet Inspection: Effects of Regulation on its Deployment by Internet Providers
Hadi Asghari*, Delft University of Technology; Michel Van Eeten, Delft University of Technology; Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University; Milton Mueller, Syracuse University

Reporting Policies of ISPs: Do General Terms and Conditions (GTCs) Match with the Reality?
Nico Grove*, Bauhaus University; Damir Agic, Bauhaus University; Joachim Sedlmeir, University of Munich

Spectrum & Mobile Applications 5

Moderator: John Chapin, DARPA

A Quantitative Analysis on the Impact of Spectrum Access Policy Flexibility and DSA System Capability on Spectrum Sharing Potential
Todd Martin*, George Mason University; Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research

Spectrum Markets and Sharing Via Spectrum Consumption Models 
Carlos Caicedo*, Syracuse University; John Stine, MITRE Corporation

The Role of Regulation in the Market: Analyzing Canada's Wireless Code of Conduct Hearings
Tamara Shepherd*, Ryerson University; Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University 

Competition & Innovation 5

Moderator: Babette Boliek, Pepperdine University

Who Owns the World's Media?
Eli Noam*, Columbia Business School

Globalization, Indigenous Innovation and National Strategy: Comparing China and India's Wireless Standardization
Chun Liu*, Southwest Jiaotong University; Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania State University

Characterizing and Comparing the Evolution of the Major Global Players in Information and Communications Technologies
Paul Desruelle*, European Union - IPTS; Juraj Stancik, IPTS

Governance 5

Moderator: Lisa Hone, Federal Communications Commission

Understanding the Impact of Policy, Regulation and Governance on Mobile Broadband Diffusion in the Developing World
David Yates*, Bentley University; Jeff Gulati, Bentley University

In the Eye of the Beholder: The Role of Needs-Based Assessment in IP Address Market Transfers
Brenden Kuerbis*, Syracuse University; Hadi Asghari, Delft University of Technology; Milton Mueller, Syracuse University

Fixing Frand: A Pseudo-Pool Approach to Standards-Based Patent Licensing
Jorge Contreras*, American University - Washington College of Law

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 5

Moderator: Harold Feld, Public Knowledge

Evaluating Data Breach Notification Laws - What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
Fabio Bisogni*, Delft University of Technology

Ex Ante vs. Ex Post: Economically Efficient Sanctioning Regimes for Online Risks
Vaibhav Garg, Drexel University; Jean Camp*, Indiana University

Can We Can Spam? A Comparison of National Spam Regulations
Xue Dong*, Pennsylvania State University; Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania State University

Sunday, September 29, 11:10 am -12:50 pm

Internet Policy 6

Moderator: Ben Cramer, Pennsylvania State University

The Whole Picture: Where America’s Broadband Networks Really Stand 
Robert Atkinson*, ITIF

Digital Haves and Have-Nots: Internet and Broadband Usage in Canada and the United States
James McConnaughey*, NTIA; Prabir Neogi, Carlton College; Rafi Goldberg, NTIA; Josie Brocca, Industry Canada

Drivers and Barriers to the Uptake of a FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband in New Zealand  
Farhaan Mirza, University of Auckland; Fernando Beltrán*, University of Auckland

Internet Policy 7

Moderator: Jason Lagria, Asian Americans Advancing Justice AAJC

Public Computing Centers: Beyond 'Public' and 'Computing'
Sharon Strover*, University of Texas at Austin; Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin; Yoonmo Sang, University of Texas at Austin

Metrics for Assessing Internet Business Models and Sustainability
Jonathan Liebenau*, London School of Economics & Political Science; Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, London School of Economics & Political Science

The Impact of Bureaucratic Structures of the Regulatory Authorities on Diffusion of Telecommunication Technology: A Cross-National Analysis of the Regulatory Governance and its Impact on VoIP Regulation
Moinul Zaber*, Carnegie Mellon University

Competition & Innovation 6

Moderator: Matt Hindman, George Washington University

Search Concentration, Bias & Parochialism: Lessons from a Comparative Study of Google, Baidu & Jike's Search Results in China
Min Jiang*, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte 

The Internet and Changes in Media Industry Structure: An International Comparative Approach
Sung Wook Ji*, Michigan State University; Sang Yup Lee, Michigan State University

How Competition Drives Discrimination: An Analysis of Broadband Traffic Management in the UK  
Alissa Cooper*, Oxford University

Governance 6

Moderator: Karen Rose, Internet Society

A Unified Framework for Open Access Regulation of Telecommunications Infrastructure: Literature Review and Policy Guidelines
Jan Kraemer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Daniel Schnurr*, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Regulatory Policies in Relation to Metrics and Data Collection for Measuring the Emergent Internet
Hanne Hallingby*, Telenor; Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, London School of Economics & Political Science; Gjermund Hartviksen; Carsten Sorensen, London School of Economics & Political Science

Telecom License Fees & Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards Better Licensing Policies
Aude Schoentgen*, Telecom ParisTech

Media, IP, Privacy & Security 6

Moderator: John Paul LaPrise, Northwestern University in Qatar

Conceptualizing Communications Security: A Value Chain Approach
Axel Arnbak*, Institute for Information Law IViR, University of Amsterdam

Securitizing Critical Infrastructure, Blurring Organizational Boundaries: The U.S. Einstein Program
Milton Mueller*, Syracuse University; Andreas Kuehn, Syracuse University

Spam and Botnet Reputation Randomized Control Trials and Policy
John Quarterman*, Quarterman Creations; Leigh Linden, University of Texas at Austin; Qian Tang, University of Texas at Austin; Andrew Whinston, University of Texas at Austin; Gene Moo Lee, University of Texas at Austin