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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA
Friday, February 5, 1999
FCC ROUNDTABLE ON
THE ECONOMICS OF MERGERS BETWEEN LARGE ILECS
The Commission Meeting Room
The Portals II, 445 12th St. S.W., Washington, DC
| Moderator: Panelists: |
William Rogerson, Chief Economist, FCC Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago Robert Crandall, Brookings Institution Joseph Farrell, UC Berkeley Robert Gertner, University of Chicago Richard Gilbert, UC Berkeley Michael Katz, UC Berkeley Robert Litan, Brookings Institution Roger Noll, Stanford University William Sheperd, University of Massachusetts |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome | |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Session 1 | Potential Benefits of the Mergers |
| 5 minutes of opening remarks by Dennis Carlton, Robert Gertner and Roger Noll |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Session 2 | Effects on Benchmarking/Diversity |
| 5 minutes of opening remarks by Joseph Farrell, Robert Crandall, and Dennis Carlton |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Session 3 | Effects on Actual and Potential Competition |
| 5 minutes of opening remarks by Robert Litan, William Sheperd, and Richard Gilbert |
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| 11:45 - 12:30 | Session 4 | Effects on Ability and Incentive of ILECs to Raise Rivals' Costs |
| 5 minutes of opening remarks by Michael Katz and Dennis Carlton |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 | Session 5 | Conclusions and Final Remarks |
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