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David S. Chessler

Resume at: Chessler.pdfContact at: dsc@teleconsultingroup.com

    Dr. David Chessler is an economist specializing in the analysis of issues in telecommunications, competition, technology and computerization. He performs economic analysis with respect to government regulatory policy and for competitive and antitrust analysis. He also advises clients on regulatory accounting and cost accounting for telephone companies to help develop pricing policies, rate schedules, and tariffs. In formal proceedings, he provides expert support and testimony in the fields of economics, statistics, and telecommunications cost accounting and pricing.
   Previously, Dr. Chessler was at the National Regulatory Research Institute from 1983 to 1986. Before going to NRRI, Dr. Chessler was at the Federal Communications Commission for eleven years. At both NRRI and the FCC, Dr. Chessler researched and wrote about the structure of the telecommunications industry, business relationships, and intercorporate relations. At the FCC Dr. Chessler also studied pricing, domestic demand, and participated in several important dockets related to competition, the structure of telephone rates, and accounting and pricing issues.
    Recently, Dr. Chessler helped write the master plan for telecommunications development for the Ministry of Communications and Information Services for a developing country and made a presentation for the public and the press, and has assisted with follow-up studies.
    David Chessler is the author of numerous publications and reports, including:
The First and Current Competitive Eras in Telecommunications: Lessons from History and Limits of Antitrust Policy Today;
Determining Whether Competition is "Workable": A Handbook for State Commissions Making Assessments Required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996;
The Effect of Toll Competition on Prices, Costs and Productivity of the Telephone Industry in the United States; and
State Commission Choice of Costing Methods for Telecommunications: Widespread Acceptance of the Marginal Cost Concept, Limited Acceptance of Marginal Cost Studies (with Li-Kung Ferng).
He has also taught courses in public utilities economics, government and business, and telecommunications accounting.
    David Chessler received his bachelors and doctoral degrees from Columbia University.