Spectrum Auctions and Competition in Telecommunication

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich

22-23 November 2001

Programme
Thursday, 22 November 2001
13:30 - 13:45	Welcome & Introduction
13:45 - 15:00	Cross Fertilization Between the U.S. and European Telecommunications Regulation INGO VOGELSANG (Boston University) Discussant: Ray Rees
15:00 - 16:00	New Competition in Telecommunications Markets: Regulatory Pricing Principles Paul de Bijl (CPB, Den Haag) and MARTIN PEITZ (Goethe University, Frankfurt) Discussant: Ingo Vogelsang
16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00	The Behavioural Approach to the Strategic Analysis of Spectrum Auctions: The Case of the German DCS-1800 Auction KLAUS ABBINK, Bernd Irlenbusch, Bettina Rockenbach, Karim Sadrieh, Reinhard Selten Discussant: Friedel Bolle
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus Restaurant, Munich

Friday, 23 November 2001
09:00 - 10:15	Licence Auctions BENNY MOLDOVANO, and Christian Ewerhart (Mannheim University) Discussant: Stefan Seifert
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00	The Third Generation (UMTS) Spectrum Auction in Germany ELMAR WOLFSTETTER, Veronika Grimm & Frank Riedel (Humboldt University, Berlin) Discussant: Paul Klemperer
12:00 - 12:30	Policy View by KLAUS SCHEURLE
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:45	Rationalizing the UMTS Spectrum Bids - The Case of the UK Auction TILMAN BOERGERS (University College London) & Christian Dustman (University College London) Discussant: Klaus Schmidt
14:45 - 16:00	The Dutch UMTS Auction in Retrospect ERIC VAN DAMME (Tilburg University) Discussant: Christian Ewerhart
16:00	End of Conference

Programme