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Coleman D. Bazelon

Coleman D. Bazelon

Principal

Washington
Coleman.Bazelon@brattle.com
Voice: +1.202.955.5050
     

Education

University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics; London School of Economics, Diploma in Economics; Wesleyan University, B.A.
 

Biography

Dr. Bazelon is an expert in regulation and strategy in the wireless, wireline, and video sectors. He has consulted and testified on behalf of clients in numerous telecommunications matters, ranging from wireless license auctions, spectrum management, and competition policy, to patent infringement, wireless reselling, and broadband deployment.

Dr. Bazelon frequently advises regulatory and legislative bodies, including the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Congress. He also has expertise in the federal government’s use of discount rates for policy and regulatory analysis, intellectual property valuation, and antitrust and damages analysis.

Prior to joining Brattle, Dr. Bazelon was a vice president with Analysis Group, an economic and strategy consulting firm. During that time, he expanded the firm’s telecommunications practice area. He also served as a principal analyst in the Microeconomic and Financial Studies Division of the Congressional Budget Office where he researched reforms of radio spectrum management; estimated the budgetary and private sector impacts of spectrum-related legislative proposals; and advised on auction design and privatization issues for all research at the CBO.
 

Selected Publications

  • "Resume for Coleman Bazelon," by Coleman D. Bazelon.
  • "The Employment and Economic Impacts of Network Neutrality Regulation: An Empirical Analysis," by Coleman D. Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Inc., April 23, 2010.
  • "The Benefits of Wireless Broadband For Rural Deployments," by Coleman D. Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Inc., March 16, 2010.
  • "Can Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated? Managing the Risks," by Malcolm K. Sparrow, Coleman D. Bazelon, and Charles Jackson, John F. Kennedy School of Government Working Paper, December 2, 2009.
  • "The Need for Additional Spectrum for Wireless Broadband: The Economic Benefits and Costs of Reallocations," by Coleman D. Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Inc., October 23, 2009.
  • "Too many goals: Problems with the 700 MHz auction," by Coleman D. Bazelon, Information Economics and Policy, June 2009.

Selected Testimony

  • "Oral Testimony of Coleman Bazelon before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet," by Coleman D. Bazelon, June 17, 2010.
  • "Comments of Charles L. Jackson, Dorothy Robyn and Coleman Bazelon (The Value of White Space)," by Charles L. Jackson, Dorothy Robyn, and Coleman D. Bazelon, June 20, 2008.
 

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