CRITERION ECONOMICS is a consulting firm in Washington D.C. that provides advice on strategic, economic, and business transformation matters to a diverse group of clients. We provide expert analysis for clients who are engaged in complex economic litigation or regulatory proceedings, or for whom complex economic litigation, regulation, or legislation has a critical and recurring influence on the formulation of corporate strategy. We are unsurpassed in what we do.

To achieve superior results for our clients, we assemble recognized experts from economics, law, and technology. Our experts, affiliates, and case managers have served in senior government positions, consulted to scores of major corporations and governmental bodies, published dozens of books and hundreds of scholarly articles in the most prestigious journals (ranging from Econometrica to the Yale Law Journal to the New England Journal of Medicine), and received academic awards ranging from National Science Foundation grants to the Rhodes Scholarship.

Criterion is known for its sophistication in antitrust and regulatory matters concerning telecommunications, the Internet, and other network industries. With our network of academic affiliates, however, Criterion has a wealth of experience and expertise that spans many other industries and categories of economic policy.

June 24-27, 2008 Crandall and Singer To Speak at the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Biennial Conference in Montreal, Canada Criterion economists Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer are invited speakers at the upcoming ITS Biennial Conference in Montreal. The theme of this year's conference is "The Changing Structure of the Telecommunications Industry and the New Role of Regulation." On June 26, Dr. Singer will present a paper at a session entitled "Regulation, the Internet and Network Neutrality." On June 27, Dr. Crandall will serve as a panelist at a session entitled "Regulatory analysts' perspectives on future issues." To learn more about the conference, click here. To download the conference program, click here.