Gerald R. Faulhaber Faculty Profile

Gerald R. Faulhaber
Professor Emeritus of Business and Public Policy

PhD, Princeton University, 1975; MA, Princeton University, 1974; MS, New York University, 1964; AB, Haverford College, 1962

Research Areas
Spectrum policy for wireless telecommunications; network neutrality for the Internet, file sharing and fair use copyright; telecommunications; regulation; industrial organization; applied microeconomics

Recent Consulting
Spectrum Policy, Vodaphone; Postal Service Reorganization, US Postal Service; Merger analysis, US Dept of Justice; Telecommunications issues, Verizon; Health care strategies, Wellpoint Health Networks; Latin American telecommunications privatization, World Bank; Banking industry, Deloitte & Touche.

Current Projects
Spectrum management reform; network neutrality analysis; Copyright and fair use provisions with music/movie file sharing via peer-to-peer networks; prospects for deregulation in telecommunications; broadband deployment; network effects and antitrust analysis; access and antitrust analysis

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1984-present. University of Pennsylvania: 2005-present (Law School). Previous appointment: New York University. Visiting appointments: INSEAD (France), Princeton University, Tsinghua University (Peoples' Republic of China) 

Other Positions
Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission, 2000-01; Director, Strategic Planning and Financial Management, AT&T, 1982-83; Director, Microeconomic Studies, AT&T, 1978-82; Research Head, Economic Modeling and Financial Research Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1975-77; Supervisor, Economic Modeling, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1968-75; Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1962-68

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editorial Board, Information and Economic Policy, 1992-present; Advisory Board, Research Program on Telecommunications and Information, Columbia University