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Jerry Ellig

Biography

Jerry Ellig is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he has worked since 1996. Between August 2001 and August 2003, he served as deputy director and acting director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Ellig has also served as a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and as an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University.

Dr. Ellig has published numerous articles on government regulation and business management in both scholarly and popular periodicals, including the Journal of Regulatory Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Antitrust Bulletin, Competitive Intelligence Review, Journal of Private Enterprise, Texas Review of Law & Politics, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, and Washington Post. He has co-authored/edited several books, including Dynamic Competition and Public Policy (Cambridge, 2001), New Horizons in Natural Gas Deregulation (Praeger, 1996), and Municipal Entrepreneurship and Energy Policy (Gordon & Breach, 1994).

Dr. Ellig earned his PhD and MA in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and his BA in economics from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH.

Articles, Commentary, and Publications

• Public Interest Comment on Proposed Amendment to the Policy Regarding the Establishment of Airport Rates and Charges
• Public Interest Comment on High Cost Universal Service Support
• Public Interest Comment on Universal Service Contribution Methodology
• Outcomes and Alternatives for Universal Telecommunications Service: A Case Study of Texas
• A Tale of Two Commissions: Net Neutrality and Regulatory Analysis
• Mercatus Reports: Fall 2007: Executive Order 13422
• Mercatus Reports: Fall 2007: Considering Net Neutrality
• Consumer Wireless Issues
• The Contribution of the Social Sciences to the Energy Challenge
• Mercatus Reports: Summer 2007: Uncorking E-Commerce

Events

• 2008 Capital Campus Texas
• 9th Annual Performance Report Scorecard
• Combine and Conquer: How Antitrust Regulation Affects Mergers
• The Net Effect: Exploring Issues in Telecommunications
• Creating E-Harmony: Exploring Issues in Telecommunications
• Which Federal Agencies Best Inform the Public?
• 2007 Chief of Staff Retreat - Williamsburg, VA
• Securing the Homeland
• Making the Connection: Exploring the Economics of Telecommunications
• Telecom Policy in the Golden State