Reference Library Organized By Topic

Reference Library Organized By Topic

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Antitrust Enforcement
Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Mark Naftel, EU Telecommunications Privacy Protection, 14 COMPUTER LAW AND SECURITY REPORT 175 (May/June 1998).

Mark Naftel, How Does One Say "Dominance" in European? ANTITRUST REPORT (MATTHEW BENDER October 1997).
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Mark Naftel, The Natural Death of a Natural Monopoly: Competition in EC Telecommunications After the Telecommunications Terminals Judgment, 3 EMORY INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 105 (Fall 1992) and THE EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW (May/June 1993).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance (Second Edition), PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES (July 1998).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Antitrust, the "Public Interest" and Competition Policy: The Search for Meaningful Definitions in a Sea of Analytical Rhetoric, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, December 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, May 1997).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, What Hath Congress Wrought? Reorienting Economic Analysis of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act, ANTITRUST MAGAZINE (American Bar Association, Spring 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak (with James W. Olson), Can Short-Term Limits on Strategic Vertical Restraints Improve Long-Term Cable Industry Market Performance? 13 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 283 (1995).
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Cable Television
Mark Naftel, New Telecommunications Opportunities For European Cable TV Providers, 4 ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW 145 (June 1996).

Lawrence J. Spiwak (with James W. Olson), Can Short-Term Limits on Strategic Vertical Restraints Improve Long-Term Cable Industry Market Performance? 13 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 283 (1995).
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James R. Weiss and Martin L. Stern, Serving Two Masters: The Dual Jurisdiction of The FCC and the Justice Department Over Telecommunications Transactions, 6 COMM. L. CONSP. 101 (1998).
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"Convergence"
Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Robert G. Berger, Telecom and the Six Convergences, X-Change Magazine (February 1, 1999).
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Mark Naftel, New Telecommunications Opportunities For European Cable TV Providers, 4 ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW 145 (June 1996).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Utility Entry Into Telecommunications: Exactly How Serious Are We? PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 1 (July 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Three Reasons Why Utilities Need Telecommunications Expertise -- Whether They Like it or Not, INFRASTRUCTURE, American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility Law (Spring 1998).
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Economics
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 9: Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation: Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation of TELRIC in Local Telecoms Markets (9 March 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 8: The $10 Billion Benefit of Unbundling: Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing Innovations (27 January 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 7: The Positive Effects of Competition on Employment in the Telecommunications Industry (15 October 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 6: UNE-P Drives Bell Investment - A Synthesis Model (17 September 2003).
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Hazlett, Havenner and Bazelon Comments [pdf file]

R. Carter Hill Comments [to be posted]

Set It and Forget It? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 18 (July 2003), George Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak.
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 5: Competition and Bell Company Investment in Telecommunications Plant: The Effects of UNE-P
(Originally released 9 July 2003 and updated 17 September 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 4: The Truth About Telecommunications Investment after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (24 June 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 2: Telecommunications Stocks and the FCC's Triennial Review (11 March 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 1: In their Own Words (17 December 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and Christopher C. Klein, Bell Companies as Profitable Wholesale Firms: The Financial Implications of UNE-P, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 17 (November 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, What Determines Wholesale Prices for Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 16 (September 2002).
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George S. Ford, A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate their Monopoly Position in Local Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 15 (September 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, Make or Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 14 (September 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside View: Ideology Over Economics, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, (6 July 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Why ADCo? Why Now? An Economic Exploration into the Future Industry Structure for the "Last Mile" in Local Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 12 (November 2001).
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Audrey B. Davidson and Barry Haworth, Discrimination and Minority Ownership in Radio Broadcasting, Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Louisville KY (Unpublished Manuscript 1999).

George S. Ford, Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 7 (September 2000)
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Jerry Duvall, Doron Fertig and George Ford, Market Performance in the Long Distance Telecommunications Industry: The AT&T Non-Dominance Petition (Unpublished Manuscript 1996).
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George S. Ford, Opportunities for Local Exchange Competition Are Greatly Exaggerated ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER (April 1998) at 20.
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George S. Ford, An Economic Analysis of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry on Flat Rate Charges in the Long Distance Industry, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 11 (May 2001).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, FERC, Put Economics First: Additional Thoughts On Functional Unbundling, PUBLIC UTILITIES FORTNIGHTLY (August 1, 1999)
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, You Say ISO, I Say Transco, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Why Current Electric Utility ?Unbundling? Initiatives Work Without Fundamental Change, Phoenix Center for Advanced Law and Economic Policy Studies PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 4 (January 1999).
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Electric Utilities
Lawrence J. Spiwak, FERC, Put Economics First: Additional Thoughts On Functional Unbundling, PUBLIC UTILITIES FORTNIGHTLY (August 1, 1999)
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Electric Industry Restructuring: A Tabla Rasa Approach, Developing World Energy 2000 at 88

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Electric Industry Restructuring: A Tabla Rasa Approach, Next Generation Utilities Management 2000 at 132.

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Utilities Should Not Be Given the Cold Shoulder Communications Week International (22 May 2000).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, You Say ISO, I Say Transco, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Why Current Electric Utility "Unbundling" Initiatives Work Without Fundamental Change, Phoenix Center for Advanced Law and Economic Policy Studies PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 4 (January 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Is Entry Into Telecoms The Right Strategy For Your Utility? POWER ECONOMICS (November 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, FERC Merger Analysis Post-Order No. 888: Where do we go From Here?, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 3 (August 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Utility Entry Into Telecommunications: Exactly How Serious Are We? PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 1 (July 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Three Reasons Why Utilities Need Telecommunications Expertise -- Whether They Like it or Not, INFRASTRUCTURE, American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility Law (Spring 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Antitrust, the "Public Interest" and Competition Policy: The Search for Meaningful Definitions in a Sea of Analytical Rhetoric, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, December 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Expanding FERC's Jurisdiction to Review Utility Mergers, 14 ENERGY L.J. 385 (1993).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Is the Price Squeeze Doctrine Still Viable in Fully-Regulated Energy Markets? 14 ENERGY L.J. l 75 (1993).
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Health Care

History

International
Lucien Rapp, Dirty Dancing: System and Legal Practices with Regard to Rights-of-Way (RoWs) in a Sampling of European Union Member States – A Critical Study, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 9 (April 2001).
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Lucien Rapp, The “Napsterization” of the European Content Industry: A Scenario for 2005, 2 INFO 537 (Dec. 2000).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Federal Communications Commission and the Undersea Cable Market: Deterring Competition and Exacerbating a Trade War, Regulation (Cato Institute, Vol. 22, No. 4, 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Local Loop Unbundling is No Telecoms Panacea, Communications Week International (26 April 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1997, Addendum, 51 Fed. Comm. L. J. 519 (1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Antitrust, the "Public Interest" and Competition Policy: The Search for Meaningful Definitions in a Sea of Analytical Rhetoric, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, December 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance (Second Edition), PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No.2 (July 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, May 1997).

Internet and High-Tech
Lucien Rapp, The “Napsterization” of the European Content Industry: A Scenario for 2005, 2 INFO 537 (Dec. 2000).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Mark Naftel, The Promise and Threat of Internet Telephony and Regulation, 12 THE COMPUTER LAW AND SECURITY REPORT 372 (November/December 1996).
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Mark Naftel, The ACLU v Reno Internet Indecency Adjudication, 7 ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW 289 (October/November 1996).

Mass Media
Audrey B. Davidson and Barry Haworth, Discrimination and Minority Ownership in Radio Broadcasting, Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Louisville KY (Unpublished Manuscript 1999).

Jerry B. Duvall and George S. Ford, Changing Industry Structure: The Economics of Entry and Price Competition, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 10 (April 2001).
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Lucien Rapp, The “Napsterization” of the European Content Industry: A Scenario for 2005, 2 INFO 537 (Dec. 2000).
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Politics
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 1: In their Own Words (17 December 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, Outside View: It Isn't About WorldCom (31 August 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside View: Ideology Over Economics, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, (6 July 2002).
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Audrey B. Davidson and Barry Haworth, Discrimination and Minority Ownership in Radio Broadcasting, Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Louisville KY (Unpublished Manuscript 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: How the FCC is Overstepping its Mark, Communications Week International, (15 February 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Cable Could Be the Next WTO Battleground Communications Week International (16 Aug 1999).

Regulatory Policy in General
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 9: Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation: Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation of TELRIC in Local Telecoms Markets (9 March 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 8: The $10 Billion Benefit of Unbundling: Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing Innovations (27 January 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 7: The Positive Effects of Competition on Employment in the Telecommunications Industry (15 October 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 6: UNE-P Drives Bell Investment - A Synthesis Model (17 September 2003).
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Hazlett, Havenner and Bazelon Comments [pdf file]

R. Carter Hill Comments [to be posted]

Set It and Forget It? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 18 (July 2003), George Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak.
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 5: Competition and Bell Company Investment in Telecommunications Plant: The Effects of UNE-P
(Originally released 9 July 2003 and updated 17 September 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 4: The Truth About Telecommunications Investment after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (24 June 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 3: The Broadband Loophole - Is Symmetrical Regulation in the Face of Asymmetrical Market Power Good Public Policy ? (19 March 2003).
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T. Randolph Beard and Christopher C. Klein, Bell Companies as Profitable Wholesale Firms: The Financial Implications of UNE-P, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 17 (November 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, What Determines Wholesale Prices for Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 16 (September 2002).
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George S. Ford, A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate their Monopoly Position in Local Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 15 (September 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, Make or Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 14 (September 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, Outside View: It Isn't About WorldCom (31 August 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Telecoms Twilight Zone: Navigating the Legal Morass Among the Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit, and the Federal Communications Commission, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 13 (August 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside View: Ideology Over Economics, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, (6 July 2002).
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Jerry B. Duvall and George S. Ford, Changing Industry Structure: The Economics of Entry and Price Competition, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 10 (April 2001).
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George S. Ford, An Economic Analysis of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry on Flat Rate Charges in the Long Distance Industry, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 11 (May 2001).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Audrey B. Davidson and Barry Haworth, Discrimination and Minority Ownership in Radio Broadcasting, Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Louisville KY (Unpublished Manuscript 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, You Say ISO, I Say Transco, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Why Current Electric Utility "Unbundling" Initiatives Work Without Fundamental Change, Public Utilities Fortnightly (March 15, 1999)

Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Federal Communications Commission and the Undersea Cable Market: Deterring Competition and Exacerbating a Trade War, Regulation (Cato Institute, Vol. 22, No. 4, 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Electric Industry Restructuring: A Tabla Rasa Approach, Developing World Energy 2000 at 88

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Electric Industry Restructuring: A Tabla Rasa Approach, Next Generation Utilities Management 2000 at 132.

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Local Loop Unbundling is No Telecoms Panacea, Communications Week International (26 April 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why FCC Rulings Will Hamper, Not Help, Competition, Communications Week International (17 July 2000).

George S. Ford, Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 7 (September 2000)
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Jerry Duvall, Doron Fertig and George Ford, Market Performance in the Long Distance Telecommunications Industry: The AT&T Non-Dominance Petition (Unpublished Manuscript 1996).
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Mark Naftel, Does the European Commission's Telecommunications Access Notice Send the Correct Economic Signals to the Market?, Phoenix Center for Advanced Law and Economic Policy Studies PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 5 (January 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, What Ever Happened to Consumer Welfare? How the FCC's International Spectrum Relocation Policies Deter - Rather Than Promote - New Facilities-Based Entry For Advanced Satellite Telecoms Services, 6 Telecommunications and Space J. 291 (1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Do the FCC Policies Promote or Deter Entry? That is the ONLY Question, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 6 (October 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998, 51 FED. COM L.J. 111 (1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1997, Addendum, 51 Fed. Comm. L. J. 519 (1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, FERC Merger Analysis Post-Order No. 888: Where do we go From Here?, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 3 (August 1998).
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Mark Naftel, The International Telecommunication Union: Co-operation or Cartel? 1 COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW REVIEW 18 (February/March 1995).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, You Say ISO, I Say Transco, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Why Current Electric Utility ?Unbundling? Initiatives Work Without Fundamental Change, Phoenix Center for Advanced Law and Economic Policy Studies PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 4 (January 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Antitrust, the "Public Interest" and Competition Policy: The Search for Meaningful Definitions in a Sea of Analytical Rhetoric, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, December 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance (Second Edition), PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 2 (July 1998).
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James R. Weiss and Martin L. Stern, Serving Two Masters: The Dual Jurisdiction of The FCC and the Justice Department Over Telecommunications Transactions, 6 COMM. L. CONSP. 101 (1998).
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Telecommunications
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 9: Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation: Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation of TELRIC in Local Telecoms Markets (9 March 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 8: The $10 Billion Benefit of Unbundling: Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing Innovations (27 January 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 7: The Positive Effects of Competition on Employment in the Telecommunications Industry (15 October 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 6: UNE-P Drives Bell Investment - A Synthesis Model (17 September 2003).
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     Hazlett, Havenner and Bazelon Comments [pdf file]

     R. Carter Hill Comments [to be posted]

Set It and Forget It? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 18 (July 2003), George Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak.
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 5: Competition and Bell Company Investment in Telecommunications Plant: The Effects of UNE-P
(Originally released 9 July 2003 and updated 17 September 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 4: The Truth About Telecommunications Investment after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (24 June 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 3: The Broadband Loophole - Is Symmetrical Regulation in the Face of Asymmetrical Market Power Good Public Policy ? (19 March 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 2: Telecommunications Stocks and the FCC's Triennial Review (11 March 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN NO. 1: In their Own Words (17 December 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and Christopher C. Klein, Bell Companies as Profitable Wholesale Firms: The Financial Implications of UNE-P, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 17 (November 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, What Determines Wholesale Prices for Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 16 (September 2002).
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George S. Ford, A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate their Monopoly Position in Local Telecommunications Markets, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 15 (September 2002).
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T. Randolph Beard and George S. Ford, Make or Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER NO. 14 (September 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, Outside View: It Isn't About WorldCom (31 August 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside View: Ideology Over Economics, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, (6 July 2002).
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Jerry B. Duvall and George S. Ford, Changing Industry Structure: The Economics of Entry and Price Competition, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 10 (April 2001).
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George S. Ford, An Economic Analysis of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry on Flat Rate Charges in the Long Distance Industry, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 11 (May 2001).
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Lucien Rapp, Dirty Dancing: System and Legal Practices with Regard to Rights-of-Way (RoWs) in a Sampling of European Union Member States – A Critical Study, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 9 (April 2001).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, eEurope Means Nothing Without eEntry: Regulatory Harmonisation, Subsidiarity and the Realisation of the Information Society, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 8 (October 2000).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Federal Communications Commission and the Undersea Cable Market: Deterring Competition and Exacerbating a Trade War, Regulation (Cato Institute, Vol. 22, No. 4, 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Local Loop Unbundling is No Telecoms Panacea, Communications Week International (26 April 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: How the FCC is Overstepping its Mark, Communications Week International, (15 February 1999)

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Local Access is Key to "Free" Net Competition, Communications Week International (07 Jun 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why Cable Could Be the Next WTO Battleground Communications Week International (16 Aug 1999).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why FCC Policy Will Not Bring True Competition, Communications Week International (17 January 2000).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Utilities Should Not Be Given the Cold Shoulder Communications Week International (22 May 2000).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Perspective: Why FCC Rulings Will Hamper, Not Help, Competition, Communications Week International (17 July 2000).

George S. Ford, Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 7 (September 2000)
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Robert G. Berger, Telecom and the Six Convergences, X-Change Magazine (February 1, 1999).
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Jerry Duvall, Doron Fertig and George Ford, Market Performance in the Long Distance Telecommunications Industry: The AT&T Non-Dominance Petition (Unpublished Manuscript 1996).
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George S. Ford, Opportunities for Local Exchange Competition Are Greatly Exaggerated ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER (April 1998) at 20.
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Mark Naftel, Does the European Commission's Telecommunications Access Notice Send the Correct Economic Signals to the Market?, Phoenix Center for Advanced Law and Economic Policy Studies PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 5 (January 1999).
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Mark Naftel, Exclusive Trade Mark Licensing, Article 85 and Market Definition, 18 EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REVIEW 406 (July 1996).

Mark Naftel, New Telecommunications Opportunities For European Cable TV Providers, 4 ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW 145 (June 1996).

Mark Naftel, A Close Look At Number Portability, 5 COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW REVIEW 156 (October/November 1995).

Mark Naftel, The International Telecommunication Union: Co-operation or Cartel? 1 COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW REVIEW 18 (February/March 1995).

Mark Naftel, The Natural Death of a Natural Monopoly: Competition in EC Telecommunications After the Telecommunications Terminals Judgment, 3 EMORY INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 105 (Fall 1992) and THE EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW (May/June 1993).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, What Ever Happened to Consumer Welfare? How the FCC's International Spectrum Relocation Policies Deter - Rather Than Promote - New Facilities-Based Entry For Advanced Satellite Telecoms Services, 6 Telecommunications and Space J. 291 (1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Do the FCC Policies Promote or Deter Entry? That is the ONLY Question, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 6 (October 1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Is Entry Into Telecoms The Right Strategy For Your Utility? POWER ECONOMICS (November 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998, 51 FED. COM L.J. 111 (1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1997, Addendum, 51 Fed. Comm. L. J. 519 (1999).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance (Second Edition), PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 2 (July 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Utility Entry Into Telecommunications: Exactly How Serious Are We? PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES No. 1 (July 1998).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, Three Reasons Why Utilities Need Telecommunications Expertise -- Whether They Like it or Not, INFRASTRUCTURE, American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility Law (Spring 1998).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Antitrust, the "Public Interest" and Competition Policy: The Search for Meaningful Definitions in a Sea of Analytical Rhetoric, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, December 1997).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Reconcentration of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act: Implications for Long-Term Market Performance, ANTITRUST REPORT (Matthew Bender, May 1997).

Lawrence J. Spiwak, What Hath Congress Wrought? Reorienting Economic Analysis of Telecommunications Markets After the 1996 Act, ANTITRUST MAGAZINE (American Bar Association, Spring 1997).
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James R. Weiss and Martin L. Stern, Serving Two Masters: The Dual Jurisdiction of The FCC and the Justice Department Over Telecommunications Transactions, 6 COMM. L. CONSP. 101 (1998).
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