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TPRC44

The 44th Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy.

2:00pm EDT

Congressional Briefing Capitol Hill

2:15pm EDT

Graduate Student Consortium US Telecom

8:00am EDT

Registration and Coffee Atrium

9:00am EDT

Infrastructure Competition and Strategic Choice in the Transition to Next Generation Networks Hazel Rm 121Christopher S. Yoo • Catherine Middleton • Reza Rajabiun Digital Charlotte: A Case Study of the Relationship between Digital Inclusion and Economic Mobility Founders 120Nicol Turner-Lee • Brandon Brooks • Alexis Carreiro • Jayme Keefer Promotional Effects and the Determination of Royalty Rates for Music Founders Rm 118Alan Marco • Thomas Beard • GEORGE FORD • Michael Stern When Media Companies Insist They're Not Media Companies and Why It Matters for Communications Policy Founders Rm 111David Redl • Robyn Caplan • Philip Napoli Trust in Internet Privacy and Security and Online Activity Hazel Rm 120David Thaw • Celeste Chen • Rafi M. Goldberg • Giulia McHenry • Luis E. Zambrano Ramos

9:33am EDT

Long-Term U.S. Productivity Growth and Mobile Broadband: The Road Ahead Hazel Rm 121Christopher S. Yoo • Michael Mandel The Platform Decides the Posting: Information Sharing Stratification on Social Media Founders Rm 111David Redl • Jasmine E. McNealy • Heather Schoenberger Instilling a Cybersecurity Mindset: Getting Internet Users into the Cat and Mouse Game Hazel Rm 120David Thaw • William Dutton • Ruth Shillair, Ph.D. The Perils and Possibilities of the Urban Library as Digital Inclusion Institution Founders 120Nicol Turner-Lee • Alexis Schrubbe • Sharon Strover Moving Music Licensing into the Digital Era: More Competition and Less Regulation Founders Rm 118Alan Marco • Thomas Lenard • Lawrence White

10:05am EDT

International Roaming in the EU: Historic Overview, Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions Hazel Rm 121Christopher S. Yoo • Mieke De Regt • Jonathan Spruytte • Sofie Verbrugge • Marlies Van der Wee Withddrawn - Does Broadband Bandwidth Variability Improve Quality of Life?: Lessons from Sweden Founders 120Erik Bohlin • Moinul Zaber Strategic Whitelisting by an Ad-blocking Technology Provider: Market Outcomes and Welfare Implications Founders Rm 118Alan Marco • Jan Kramer • Lukas Wiewiorra Analyzing Malware Remediation in the Expanding Home Network Hazel Rm 120David Thaw • James Loving Grey Nuances in the Black and White Debate Over Subsidized Internet Access Founders Rm 111David Redl • Rob Frieden

10:40am EDT

Coffee Break Atrium

11:05am EDT

The Faster, the Better? The Economic Return on Internet Speed Hazel Rm 121Heather Hudson • Yang Bai Would You Like Your Internet With or Without Video? Founders 120Fernando Laguarda • William Lehr • Douglas Sicker All Communications Services Are Not Created Equal - Substitution of OTT Communications Services for ECS from a Consumer Perspective Founders Rm 118Michelle Connelly • René Arnold • Christian Hildebrand • Anna Schneider Understanding the Institutional Landscape of Cyber Security Hazel Rm 120James Cooper • Cecilia Testart Winners, Losers, and Facebook: The Role of Social Logins in the Online Advertising Ecosystem Founders Rm 111Brooke Oberwetter • Jan Kraemer • Daniel Schnurr • Michael Wohlfarth

11:38am EDT

Improving the Measurement and Analysis of Gigabit Broadband Networks Hazel Rm 121Heather Hudson • Stephen Bauer • William Lehr Disclosing or Concealing? Developments of Norms and Policies for Governing Software Vulnerabilities and Their Implications for Cybersecurity Hazel Rm 120James Cooper • Andreas Kuehn Analysis of Innovation in FCC M&A Transactions from 1997 to 2015 Founders Rm 118Michelle Connelly • Ryland Sherman The Biggest Lie on the Internet: Ignoring the Privacy Policies and Terms of Service Policies of Social Networking Services Founders Rm 111Brooke Oberwetter • Jonathan Obar • Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch Cultural Divides and Digital Inequalities: Attitudes Shaping Internet and Social Media Divides Founders 120Fernando Laguarda • William Dutton • Bianca Reisdorf

12:11pm EDT

Low Latency Internet and Economic Growth: A Simultaneous Approach Hazel Rm 121Heather Hudson • Jochen Luedering The Future of HBO NOW: Investigating the Effects of the Charter-TimeWarner-Bright House Merger on Over-the-Top Services Founders Rm 118Michelle Connelly • Richelle Crotty Ex-Post Mitigation Strategies for Theft of Non-Financial Data Hazel Rm 120James Cooper • William Lehr • Josephine Wolff The Digital Divide is Closing, Even as New Fissures Surface Founders 120Fernando Laguarda • Edward Carlson • Celeste Chen • Rafi M. Goldberg • Justin Gross • Maureen Lewis • Giulia McHenry Quantified Self and Personal Health Privacy Policy Limitations Founders Rm 111Brooke Oberwetter • Nancy Brinson • Danielle Rutherford

12:45pm EDT

Lunch and Keynote Speaker Multipurpose Room, Founders HallCommissioner Mike O'Reilly

2:15pm EDT

Achieving Meaningful Participation in the Digital Economy: A Canadian Case-Study Founders Rm 111Ken Whyte • Mike Colledge • Anabel Quan Haase • Jenna Jacobson • Catherine Middleton The TPRC Research Idea Gong Show Hazel Rm 120Jon Gant • Maureen Lewis • Paul Ohm • Robert Pepper Zero-Rating and the Public Policy Debate Hazel Rm 121Mike Godwin • Michael Calabrese • Kevin Martin • William Rinehart • Nicol Turner-Lee

3:45pm EDT

Birds of a Feather -- Competition Policy AtriumTim Brennan • Jason Whalley Birds of a Feather -- Connecting Research with Policy Makers AtriumAmina Fazlullah Birds of a Feather -- Requests for Comment (RFC) on a Broadband Research Agenda AtriumSandeep Taxali Birds of a Feather -- Security/Privacy AtriumCarolyn Gideon • Chris Hogendorn Birds of a Feather -- Spectrum AtriumRob Alderfer • Jay Schwarz • Peter Tenhula Coffee Break Atrium

4:15pm EDT

A Lifeline for Lifeline: Evaluating the Impacts of the 2012 Reforms Hazel Rm 121John Horrigan • Krishna Jayakar • Eun-A Park Learning from the FCC's Lifeline Broadband Pilot Projects Hazel Rm 121John Horrigan • Scott Wallsten The Evolution of 'Competition': Lessons for 21st Century Telecommunications Policy Founders Rm 118Katherine LaPiccalo • Amanda Delp • John Mayo Wholesale Competition, Open Access Regulation and Tacit Collusion Founders Rm 118Randolph May • Niklas Horstmann • Jan Kraemer • Daniel Schnurr E-Residency and Blockchain Hazel Rm 120David Simpson • Eric Burger • Clare Sullivan Trustless Trust Hazel Rm 120David Simpson • Kevin Werbach Evaluating the Consequences of Zero-Rating: Guidance for Regulators and Adjudicators Founders Rm 111Tim Brennan • Bronwyn E. Howell • Roslyn Layton, PhD Free Basics: Zero Rating and Use Cases in mhealth, Entrepreneurship and ICT Development in Emerging Countries Founders Rm 111Tim Brennan • Silvia Monica Elaluf-Calderwood • Roslyn Layton, PhD

5:45pm EDT

Building Social Media Collections: Legal and Ethical Issues AtriumSeemantani Sharma • Vakil Smallen Empirical Study on How Social Media Promote Product Innovation AtriumMasatsugu Tsuji Information Infrastructure's Effects on Recovery in Displacement Atrium Macroeconomic Analysis of Routing Anomalies Atrium Measuring the Perceived Impact of Internet on Individuals in Rural India AtriumRekha Jain Redefining the Radio Spectrum Governance Process Atrium Ten Years of Japan's Net Neutrality Policy: A Review of the Past and Recommendations for the Future AtriumJitsuzumi Toshiya Why the Incentive Auction Is More Efficient than the Coasian Solution Atrium Wrong Connected: Analysis of Causes of Low Quality Broadband and Slow Rural FTTH Rollout in the Netherlands, Despite Massive Regional Aid Funds Made Available Atrium

6:45pm EDT

Dinner and Keynote Speaker Multipurpose Room, Founders Hall

8:00am EDT

Registration and Coffee Atrium

9:00am EDT

Mexico's Telecommunications Reform: Market Concentration, Prices, Investment, and Consumer Welfare Hazel Rm 121Melika Carroll • Cristina Casanueva-Reguart Digital Platforms: A Practical Framework for Evaluating Policy Options Hazel Rm 332Geoffrey A. Manne • V.A.N.M. van Eijk • Nicolai van Gorp • Pieter Nooren Does the Internet Improve Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes? Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey Hazel Rm 221Jim McConaughey • Jeffrey Macher • John Mayo • Olga Ukhaneva Categorizing, Analyzing, and Managing Third Party Trust Hazel Rm 120Sasha Romanosky • Andy Sayler Automating Ex-Post Enforcement for Spectrum Sharing: A New Application for Block-chain Technology Hazel Rm 225David Goldman • Amer Malki • Martin B. H. Weiss

9:33am EDT

Free Online Services and their Challenges for Traditional Antitrust Tools: A Prospect of Data as Price Hazel Rm 332Geoffrey A. Manne • Magali Eben Competition and Media Performance: A Cross-National Analysis of Corporate Goals of Media Companies in 12 Countries Hazel Rm 121Melika Carroll • Maria Arango-Kure • Christopher Buschow • Christian-Matthias Wellbrock Why the Networks Can't Beat Netflix: Speculations on the US OTT Services Market Hazel Rm 221Jim McConaughey • Eun-A Park Tracking Walls, Take-it-Or-Leave-it Choices, and Data Privacy Law Hazel Rm 120Sasha Romanosky • Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius LTE - U/LAA and Spectrum Sharing: Coexistence Principles in the Unlicensed Spectrum Bands Hazel Rm 225David Goldman • David Reed • Irena Stevens

10:05am EDT

Examining the Jurisdictions of Internet Routes to Prevent Data Exfiltration Hazel Rm 332Geoffrey A. Manne • Kevin Benton • L. Jean Camp Advancement of Cloud Computing Use and its Impact on Macroeconomics in Japan–its Monopolistic/Oligopolistic Market Characteristics and Social Welfare Hazel Rm 121Melika Carroll • Norihiro Kasuga • Hiroyuki Morikawa • Atsushi Ozu Watch or Do: Vicarious and Experiential Learning by Entrepreneurs in a Crowdfunding Market Hazel Rm 221Jim McConaughey • Jaclyn Selby • Alva Taylor Privacy, Notice and Design Hazel Rm 120Sasha Romanosky • Ari Ezra Waldman How Can Polycentric Governance of Spectrum Work? Hazel Rm 225David Goldman • Marcela Gomez • Prashabnt Krishnamurthy • Martin B. H. Weiss

10:40am EDT

Birds of a Feather -- Competition Policy AtriumTim Brennan • Jason Whalley Birds of a Feather -- Connecting Research with Policy Makers Atrium Birds of a Feather -- Requests for Comment (RFC) on a Broadband Research Agenda Atrium Birds of a Feather -- Security/Privacy AtriumCarolyn Gideon • Chris Hogendorn Birds of a Feather -- Spectrum AtriumRob Alderfer • Jay Schwarz • Peter Tenhula Coffee Break Atrium

11:10am EDT

Effects of Policy on Competition in Telecom Equipment Markets: Insights from a Multi-Level Multi-Method Study Hazel Rm 332Coleman Bazelon • Johannes Bauer • Chintan Vaish Trends in Cable Network Economics: Implications for the Open Internet Hazel Rm 121Madura Wijwardena • David Reed Implications of the Application of the 'Hot Pursuit' Principle in the Cyberspace: An Analysis of the Case 'Microsoft v. United States of America' Hazel Rm 120Brenda Leong • Patricia Adriana Vargas Leon Spectrum Sharing as Options Hazel Rm 225Peter Tenhula • Liu Cui • Martin B. H. Weiss Probabilistic Reasoning for Secondary Spectrum Sharing: A Mechanism for Increasing Spectrum Access Efficiency and Assessing Alternative Secondary Sharing Models Hazel Rm 221Winter Casey • Kuo-Chu Chang • Todd Martin

11:43am EDT

The Making of an 'Orphan': Cultural Heritage Digitisation in the EU Hazel Rm 221Winter Casey • Maria Lilla Montagnani • Laura Zoboli Persona Non Data: How Courts in the EU, UK and Canada are Addressing the Issue of Communications Data Surveillance vs. Privacy Rights Hazel Rm 120Brenda Leong • Michael Ryan Much Ado: Assessing Wi-Fi/LTE Coexistence in Unlicensed Bands Hazel Rm 225Peter Tenhula • Petri Mahonen • Marina Petrova • Ljiljana Simic • Andra Voici • Jean Pierre De Vries Online Price Discrimination and EU Data Privacy Law Hazel Rm 332Coleman Bazelon • Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius • Joost Poort Social Welfare and Policy Impact in Emerging ISP-Content Provider Relationships Hazel Rm 121Madura Wijwardena • Ao Hong • Debrasis Mitra • Qiong Wang

12:15pm EDT

Engineering Humans with Contracts Hazel Rm 221Winter Casey • Brett Frischmann • Evan Selinger Noncommercial Broadcasting and the First Amendment Hazel Rm 120Brenda Leong • Kenneth Katkin Implications of Sponsored Data Programs for Providers and Users of Nonsponsored Contents Hazel Rm 332Coleman Bazelon • Jialin Song • Qiong Wang High-Speed Internet Access and Innovation: The Effects of Broadband on Patents within Korea and United States Hazel Rm 121Madura Wijwardena • Soyoung Park Defining Harmful Interference Efficiently Hazel Rm 225Peter Tenhula • Charles Lee Jackson

12:50pm EDT

Lunch and Student Paper Awards Multipurpose Room, Founders Hall

2:00pm EDT

Digital inclusion in Urban America Hazel Rm 120Brandon Brooks • Alexis Carreiro • Katie Cherry • William Dutton • Angela Seifer Rural Broadband Policies in a Cross-National Comparison Hazel Rm 121Sharon Strover • Catherine Middleton • Anne-Marie Oostveen • Sora Park • Bianca Reisdorf The Interaction between the International Spectrum Management Regime and National Spectrum Policies Hazel Rm 225Mohamed El-Moghazi • Jose Costa • Michael Marcus • Apurva Mody • Peter Pitsch • Joaquin Restrepo

3:45pm EDT

Coffee Break Atrium

4:00pm EDT

On the Relationship Between QoS & QoE: Why Differential Traffic Management on the Internet Is Not a Zero-Sum Practice Hazel Rm 121John Garrity • Thomas Struble Internet of Things (IoT), Future Networks (FN) and the Economics of Virtual Networks Hazel Rm 221Antonio Garcia Zaballos • Guenter Knieps Policy Challenges in Mapping Internet Interdomain Congestion Hazel Rm 225Scott Jordan • Stephen Bauer • KC Claffy • David Clark • Amogh Dhamdhere Revealing Utilization at Internet Interconnection Points Hazel Rm 225Scott Jordan • Nick Feamster Information Libertarianism Hazel Rm 332Konstantinos Stylianou • Derek Bambauer • Jane Bambauer The Technological Problem of Social Cost Hazel Rm 332Gus Hurwitz iPhones, Crime, and the Tension between Privacy and Security: Should the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act Be Amended? Hazel Rm 120Eli M. Noam • Caren Morrison • Steven Morrison Private Communication in Public Spaces: The Paradoxical Economics of Exceptional Access and E-Privacy Hazel Rm 120Eli M. Noam • Jonathan Cave

4:33pm EDT

Technology and Policy for the Internet of Things in Africa Hazel Rm 221Antonio Garcia Zaballos • Garba Aminata • Martin Saint Factors Influencing Perceived Impact of Internet Use on Individuals in Rural India Hazel Rm 121John Garrity • Rekha Jain

5:07pm EDT

The impact of Mobile Phones on Social Capital in Developing Countries Hazel Rm 121John Garrity • Martha Garcia-Murillo • Alain Shema

5:10pm EDT

Where are ICT Companies from the US in the Third Industrial Revolution? A Patent Analysis of the Internet of Things Hazel Rm 221Antonio Garcia Zaballos • Omar Nomaler • Bert M. Sadowski • Jason Whalley

5:45pm EDT

Reception Atrium