Friday, September 19, 2025
13:00 Introduction – Marek Pycia (UZH)
13:15 Empirical research - Moderator: Armin Schmutzler (UZH)
Paul Scott (NYU) – Optimal market structure: “Market structure investment and technical efficiencies mobile telecommunications”
Marc Ivaldi (TSE), Louise Aimene (Orange), Jean-Baptiste Giffard (Telecom Paris) and Julienne Liang (Orange): “Welfare cost of mobile spectrum (Mis)allocation”
Daniel Ershov (UCL), David Salant (TSE) – Impact of EU 4G auctions: “Auctions and mobile market competition: evidence from the European 4G auctions”
15:00 Theory and policy - Moderator: Andy Skrzypacz (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Patrick Rey (TSE) and David Salant (TSE): “Allocating essential inputs”
Mike Ostrovsky (Stanford Graduate School of Business): “Dual-Track Auction for Market-Based Determination of Spectrum Clearing”
“Stirred not shaken: A recipe for reassigning spectrum” by dotEcon discussed by David Salant (TSE)
16:15 Industry perspective - Moderator: Malcolm Ross (Merlin Consulting)
Richard Marsden (NERA Economics Consulting): "The role of auction design in spectrum renewal"
Roman Rabinovich (FTI Consulting)
17:00 Regulatory perspective - Moderator: David Salant (TSE)
Richard Feasey (UK Competition and Markets Authority - CMA)
Luis Gaspar (Portuguese Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações - ANACOM)
Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone (OECD)
Konstantinos Masselos (Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission - EETT)
Bernd Odenthal (Bundesnetzagentur - BNetzA)
Morgan Westring (Swedish Post and Telcom Authority - PTS)