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Past Austin W Shanfelter Dissertation Grant Winners

2006
David Souder
University of Minnesota
Choice of Payoff Horizon and Firm Performance: Strategic Investments by Cable TV Operators 1972–1996

2005
Byeng-Hee Chang
Factors affecting evaluation of cable network brand extension: Focusing on parent network, fit, consumer characteristics, and viewing habits

2004
Weiting Lu
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
Asymmetric Regulation, Market Competition, and the Provision of Residential Broadband Services.

2003
Jae-Won Kang
University of Florida
Predicting “Prototype” Interactive Television Use in a Contemporary Media Environment: An Integrated Adoption Decision Model

2002
Christine Chelus
State University of New York at Buffalo
Access, Assessment, and Bandwidth: High Speed Internet Access and Distance Education

2001
Justin Brown
Penn State University - State College, Pennsylvania
Free Expression Implications of Broadband Open Access Policies

Carolyn Gideon
Harvard University - Cambridge Massachusetts
Preventable Inevitable Monopoly: Competition and Regulation in Network Communications Industries

2000
Myung-Hyun Kang
Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan
Adoption, Use, and Impacts of Digital Cable

1999
Michael Zhaoxu Yan
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
Market Structure, Local Carriage and the Must-Carry Rules in the Cable Television Industry