Curriculum
Vita
Daniel
R. Shiman, Ph.D.
Office
phone: (202) 418-7153. Home phone: (301)
803-7038
e-mail:
dshiman<a.t>starpower.net
Citizenship:
US. Age: 48. Sex: Male.
EMPLOYMENT
FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Washington, DC 1997-present
Industry Economist, Media Bureau, Industry Analysis Division
(2003-present)
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Analyze economic theories and statistics relating to media issues,
assess outside reports and submissions, and draft economic analysis sections of
FCC orders. Work on projects concerning
limits to the size of cable TV firms.
Wrote theoretical analysis for FCC’s 2nd a la carte report,
concerning whether cable TV firms should be required to offer individual
channels on an a la carte basis.
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Worked on issue of localism in media.
Provided potential definitions of localism. Assisted in collection of data set measuring
localism in radio for a random sample of radio stations.
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Performed merger analysis for Adelphia-Comcast-Time Warner merger.
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Performed econometric analysis of large data set and wrote study on
factors affecting TV stations’ output of news and public affairs programming.
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Received FCC Award for Excellence in Economics in 2006.
Industry Economist, Wireline Competition Bureau, Competition Policy
Division (1997-2003)
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Analyzed policy issues relating to the telephone industry, particularly
concerning regulations designed to promote competition in the local and long
distance telephone markets.
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Performed competitive effects analysis of mergers (e.g., MCI-WorldCom
and MCI-Sprint) and helped draft merger conditions (e.g., SBC-Ameritech).
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Projects included applying economic and statistical analysis to issues
raised during the FCC's implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, in
particular performance measurements, statistical methodologies, and performance
assurance plans submitted in support of applications (under section 271) by
Bell Operating Companies to provide long distance service.
·
For Triennial Review helped develop and apply theoretical framework for
determining incumbent phone companies' obligations for providing access to
those elements of their network which competitors need to enter the local
telephone market. Wrote several sections
of the order.
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Led team of statisticians on long-term project to determine whether
industry-proposed statistical tests were appropriate. Provided tutorials on statistical theory to
staff attorneys.
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Made presentations on FCC policy to outside parties and state
regulators.
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Received two awards from the Bureau for outstanding service, in Oct.
1998 and Feb. 2002.
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
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Taught courses in Industrial Organization, Money and Banking, Principles
of Economics, American Economic History, European Economic History, and
Development Economics.
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Taught Economics Department's expository writing courses.
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY,
Research Assistant for Professor Robert J. Gordon
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Collected statistics, maintained and analyzed macroeconomic database
for Professor Robert J. Gordon,
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Performed regression analysis of macroeconomic statistics for Prof.
Gordon's research on international and
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Created tables, graphs and charts for use in intermediate macroeconomic
textbook.
TECHNOLOGY
SERVICE CORPORATION,
Technical Staff
·
Performed engineering analysis (involving electrical engineering and
control systems theory) of radar and guidance systems and wrote reports and
computer programs for military subcontractor.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY,
Dissertation: "The Decline of the British Economy in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Organizational Structure and Technological Performance."
Primary fields: Economic History, Industrial
Organization,
M.A., Economics, NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY,
B.S., double
major in Physics and Economics/Political Science,
YALE
UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut, May 1981.
Research Fields
Media, Telecommunications, Direct
Marketing, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Economic History,
Business History.
PUBLICATIONS
“The Impact of Ownership Structure on Television Stations’ News and Public Affairs Programming”, FCC Media Ownership Study 4.1, July 2007, available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3470A5.pdf.
"An Economic Approach to the Regulation of Direct Marketing," Federal Communications Law Journal, 58, no. 2, April 2006, pp. 321-59.
"Comment" on Colin
Mallows’ paper “Parity: Implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996”, Statistical
Science, 17, no. 3, 2002, pp. 281-84.
“Assessing the Effectiveness
of Section 271 Five Years After the Telecommunications Act of 1996”, with
"When E-Mail Becomes
Junk Mail: The Welfare Implications of the Advancement of Communications
Technology," Review of Industrial Organization, 11, no. 1, February
1996, pp. 35-48.
"Explaining the
Collapse of the British Electrical Supply Industry in the 1880s: Gas versus
Electric Lighting Prices," Business and Economic History, Second
Series, 22, no. 1, 1993, pp. 318-27.
Book review of Competitive
Advantage on the Shopfloor by William Lazonick, Southern Economic
Journal, 58, no. 4, April 1992, pp. 1150-52.
"Managerial
Inefficiency and Technological Decline in
PAPERS PRESENTED
International Industrial
Organization Conference, “Unbundling and Its Economic Consequences: Comparing Alternative Standards for
Unbundling Local Phone Company Facilities Under the 1996 Telecommunications
Act”, April 2004.
Telecommunications Policy
Research Conference (TPRC), “Assessing the Effectiveness of Section 271 Five
Years After the Telecommunications Act of 1996”, September 2001.
Eastern Economic
Association, "When E-Mail Becomes Junk Mail: The Welfare Implications of
the Advancement of Communications Technology," March 1995.
Queen's University,
"Managerial Inefficiency and Technological Decline in
American Business History
Conference, "Explaining the Collapse of the British Electrical Supply
Industry in the 1880s: Gas versus Electric Lighting Prices," March 1993.
SUNY-Oswego Economics
Workshop, "Managerial Inefficiency and Technological Decline in
Conference on British
Studies, New
American Business History
Conference, "Managerial Inefficiency and Technological Decline in
Social Science History
Association Conference, "The Role of Managerial Inefficiency in the
Decline of the British Economy in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth
Centuries," November 1989.
WORKING PAPERS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Investigation of the Conditions for Concentration to be Bounded in the Endogenous Sunk Costs Model.” May 2008.
“The Intuition Behind Sutton’s Theory of Endogenous Sunk Costs.” January 2008.
"The Nature and Causes of the Increase in Direct Mail Volume in the Last Half of the Twentieth Century." March 2001.
"The Impact of Firms'
Increased Information about Consumers on the Volume and Targeting of Direct
Marketing." August 1997.
"The Delegation of
Authority Within the Firm Under Bounded Rationality." Sept. 1995.
"British Management
Style and Organizational Inefficiency."
March 1995.
Most papers
available online at
http://users.starpower.net/dshiman/
or on the SSRN
at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=374858.