Thomas W. Hazlett

Thomas W. Hazlett est professeur de droit et d'économie à l'Université George Mason School of Law. Il est également chroniqueur pour le New Technology Policy Forum, organisé par le Financial Times.

Il a contribué à quelques articles très intéressants dans la revue libérale, The Freeman, éditée par la Foundation for Economic Education. Il a effectué ses études supérieures en économie à l'Université de Californie à Los Angeles, où il faisait partie du personnel de l'Institut international pour la recherche économique. Il a appartenu au corps professoral de l'Université de Californie à Davis, à l'Université de Columbia, et à la Wharton School, et en 1991-1992, il occupait les fonctions de chef économiste à la Federal Communications Commission.

Thomas W. Hazlett a publié de nombreux articles dans des revues universitaires sur l'économie de l'information et sur les droits de propriété de la bande de fréquence et une analyse économique des contre-exemples au monopole naturel. Il a fourni un témoignage d'expert à l'Etat fédéral et auprès des tribunaux, des organismes de réglementation, des comités du Congrès, des gouvernements étrangers et des organisations internationales.

Publications

• 1976, "In Defense of Apathy", The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, août, Vol 26, n°8

• 1977,
  • a. "Carl Menger: Ivory Tower Iconoclast", The Freeman, mai, Vol 27, n°5
  • b. "The Handshake or the Sword", The Freeman, novembre, Vol 27, n°11

• 1978,
  • a. "The Success of Failure", The Freeman, août, Vol 28, n°8
  • b. "William E Simon", Reason, February, pp24-29

• 1979, "F. A. Hayek: Classical Liberal", The Freeman, septembre, Vol 29, n°9

• 1980, "John Anderson's Plan to Sacrifice America", The Libertarian Review, août, p20

• 1985,
  • a. "Private Contracting versus Public Regulation as a Solution to the Natural Monopoly Problem", In: Robert W. Poole, dir., "Unnatural Monopolies: The Case for Deregulating Public Utilities", Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books
  • b. "The Curious Evolution of Natural Monopoly Theory", In: Robert W. Poole, dir., "Unnatural Monopolies: The Case for Deregulating Public Utilities", Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books

• 1986,
  • a. "Regulation and the communications revolution: Introduction", Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol 4, n°2, pp52–53
  • b. “Competition vs. Franchise Monopoly in Cable Television”, Contemporary Policy Issues, 4, pp80–97
  • c. "Private Monopoly and the Public Interest: An Economic Analysis of the Cable Television Franchise", University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol 134, pp1335-
  • d. "Those Catchwords of Cable", Wall Street Journal, 25 avril

• 1987, The role of property rights in the positive theory of monopoly, Managerial and Decision Economics, 8, pp201–212

• 1988, Economic ORIGINS OF APARTHEID, Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol 6, n°4, octobre, pp85–104

• 1990,
  • a. Duopolistic Competition in Cable Television: Implications for Public Policy, Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol 7, pp65-
  • b. “The Rationality of U.S. Regulation of the Broadcast Spectrum”, Journal of Law and Economics, 33 (1), pp133–175
  • c. “Regulation and Competition in Cable Television: Reply”, Yale Journal on Regulation, 7, pp141–148

• 1991, "The Demand to Regulate Franchise Monopoly: Evidence from CATV Rate Deregulation in California", Economic Inquiry, vol. 29, pp275-

• 1993, "Apartheid", In: David R. Henderson, dir., The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics: 141 Top Economists Explain the Theories, Mechanics, and Institutions of Money, Trade, and Markets, New York: Warner Books, Inc.
  • Nouvelle édition en 2002, "Apartheid"

• 1995, "Predation in Local Cable TV Markets", The Antitrust Bulletin, vol 40, n°3, pp609-644

• 1997, avec Matthew L. Spitzer, Public Policy Toward Cable Television, MIT Press

• 1998,
  • a. Spectrum Flash Dance: Eli Noam's Proposal for "Open Access" to Radio Waves, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol 41, n°2, Part 2, The Law and Economics of Property Rights to Radio Spectrum: A Conference Sponsored by the Program on Telecommunications Policy, Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis (Oct.), pp805-820
  • b. Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users: Why Did FCC License Auctions Take 67 Years?, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol 41, n° 2, Part 2, The Law and Economics of Property Rights to Radio Spectrum: A Conference Sponsored by the Program on Telecommunications Policy, Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis (Oct.), pp529-575
  • c. The Law and Economics of Property Rights to Radio Spectrum: Introduction, The Journal of Law and Economics, vol 41, October, part 2, pp521-522

• 2000,
  • a. avec George Bittlingmayer, DOS Kapital: Has Antitrust Action against Microsoft Created Value in the Computer Industry?, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 55
  • b. "Economic and Political Consequences of the 1996 Telecommunications Act", Regulation, Vol 23, n°3

• 2001, “The Wireless Craze, The Unlimited Bandwidth Myth, The Spectrum Auction Faux Pas, and the Punchline to Ronald Coase's "Big Joke": An Essay on Airwave Allocation Policy”, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Spring, pp335-567

• 2003, “Liberalizing U.S. Radio Spectrum Allocation”, Telecommunications Policy, Vol 27, 485 (Aug)

• 2006,
  • a. avec Giancarlo Ibárgüen et Wayne A. Leighton, Property Rights to Radio Spectrum in Guatemala and El Salvador: An Experiment in Liberalization, George MASON UNIVERSITY LAW AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 10 mars
  • b. “Property Rights and Wireless License Values”, Journal of Law & Economics,
  • c. avec Roberto Muñoz, “What Really Matters in Spectrum Allocation Design”
  • d. avec Matthew L. Spitzer, “Advanced Wireless Technologies and Public Policy”, Southern California Law Review, Vol 79

• 2008,
  • a. Property Rights and Wireless License Values, The Journal of Law and Economics, 51:3, pp563-598
  • b. Optimal Abolition of FCC Spectrum Allocation, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22:1, pp103-128

• 2009, avec Roberto E. Muñoz, A welfare analysis of spectrum allocation policies, The RAND Journal of Economics, Vol 40, n°3, pp424-454

• 2016, "Coase and Demsetz on property rights: the case of radio spectrum", In: Claude Ménard, Elodie Bertrand, dir., "The Elgar Companion to Ronald H. Coase", Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, pp235-248

Littérature secondaire

• 1998, Ronald Coase, “Comment on Thomas W. Hazlett: Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users: Why Did FCC License Auctions Take 67 Years?”, J. Law & Econ., Vol 41, Oct., pp577-580

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