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AACG Paper Shows Widely-Cited Research about No-Poaching Clauses is Wrong

A recent paper by Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc. (“AACG”) shows that the economic research behind the call to eliminate no-poaching agreements is wrong.  The AACG paper, Measurement of Market Concentration Faced by Labor Pools: Theory and Evidence from Fast Food Chains in Rhode Island with No-Poaching Clauses, demonstrates inaccuracies in assumptions and results in […]

AACG Telecom Expert Provides Comments in the FCC’s Broadband Progress Proceeding

Dr. Timothy Tardiff filed Reply Comments with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), demonstrating the number of firms offering broadband Internet has grown substantially since the previous FCC Broadband Progress Report. Due to significant changes in how the FCC has measured broadband over time, AACG produces consistent measures of broadband availability that identify the growth in the […]

AACG Telecom Expert Publishes in Research in Law and Economics on Mandatory Sharing Requirement and Upward Pricing Pressure

In their recently published paper, “Mandatory Upstream Inputs and Upward Pricing Pressure: Implications for Competition Policy”, authors Dr. Timothy Tardiff, AACG Telecommunications Expert, and Dr. Dennis Weisman, Professor Emeritus Kansas State University, describe an approach to analyze price increases that can arise when certain firms are required to provide inputs to their competitors. The paper […]

AACG’s Latest Analysis Shows Continued Growth in Broadband Competition

Strength of broadband competition, a key factor in FCC decisions to impose regulatory restrictions in the net neutrality debate, continues to grow according to a new report by Advanced Analytical Consulting Group (AACG). The latest broadband performance results produced by AACG show that competition continued to increase through 2016. The results are based on the […]

AACG to Sponsor and Exhibit at 2018 PPS Spring Pricing Conference

Advanced Analytical Consulting Group’s (AACG) Pricing and Profitability Optimization practice will participate in the 2018 PPS Spring Pricing Workshops & Conference. The event will feature workshops on pricing skills, strategy, techniques and innovations. AACG is proud to be a sponsor of the conference and will host an exhibit booth presenting its scientific pricing product and […]

AACG Telecom Expert Provides Comments in the FCC’s Broadband Progress Proceeding

Dr. Timothy Tardiff filed Reply Comments with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), demonstrating the number of firms offering broadband Internet has grown substantially since the previous FCC Broadband Progress Report. These comments also responded to allegations of insufficient competition by a party that cited previous FCC measures of broadband availability. Due to significant changes in how […]

AACG Telecom Expert Provides Comments in the FCC’s Net Neutrality Proceeding

Dr. Timothy Tardiff provides comment on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Restoring Internet Freedom proceeding. Dr. Tardiff refers to two of his recently published articles that analyzed trends in the availability of competitive broadband alternatives. Dr. Tardiff updated the analysis in the published articles to include the FCC’s […]

AACG Telecom Expert Presented at CRRI Regulatory Conference on Mandatory Sharing Requirement and Upward Pricing Pressure

Dr. Timothy Tardiff presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries held on May 31-June 2, 2017. The CRRI conference features some of the latest developments in telecommunications, energy, postal, and other regulation industries. Dr. Tardiff presented the paper “Mandatory Upstream Inputs and Upward Pricing Pressure: Implications for Competition […]

AACG’s Analysis Shows Continued Growth in Broadband Competition, as Debate over Future of Net Neutrality Heats Up

The latest broadband performance results by Advanced Analytical Consulting Group show that service levels continued to increase through 2015. The results are based on the most recent data from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released in September 2016 for service through December 2015. This is the second in a series of reports by AACG, providing […]