Call for Papers

Advanced Workshop on Regulation and Competition in Network Industries

We urge respondents to address issues that are generic to network industries (e.g., so that we can assemble program panels that integrate multiple industry perspectives). Such issues include, but are not limited to, the following:

• How current structures of particular networks evolved; causes of major changes or innovations; functional comparisons of networks across industries
• Network management: who oversees delivery of services and underlying transactions; experience to date; the market role of 3rd-party network administrators (e.g., Independent system operators); considerations pro and con
• The regulatory compact – what it is; how it may have evolved; how new technologies may be challenging it
• Regulatory effectiveness – from a consumer point of view, from an investor point of view; related metrics; new regulatory models

Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort
Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania
May 27-29, 2020
Abstracts Due: January 9, 2020