Hal J. Singer, Ph.D., Managing Director and Principal

Hal J. Singer is Managing Director and Principal at Navigant Economics. He is an affiliate at the International Center for Law and Economics. He has served as Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

Dr. Singer is co-author of the e-book The Need for Speed: A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century (Brookings Press 2013), and co-author of the book Broadband in Europe: How Brussels Can Wire the Information Society (Kluwer/Springer Press 2005). He has published several book chapters and his articles have appeared in dozens of legal and economic journals. His writings on class certification in antitrust cases have been published by the ABA’s Antitrust, George Mason Law Review, and Research in Law and Economics (forthcoming 2013).

Dr. Singer's scholarship and testimony has been widely cited by courts and by federal agencies. Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel favorably cited his testimony in deciding whether Comcast discriminated against Tennis Channel on the basis of affiliation. In the Solicitor General's September 2008 amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court in Pacific Bell v. linkLine, the first citation of authority was to his article on price squeezes. In several cases concerning class certification, the district court's order favorably cited Dr. Singer's testimony. In agency reports and orders, his testimony has been cited by the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice.

Dr. Singer is a frequent speaker and editorial writer. His essays have appeared in several leading newspapers and magazines, including Antitrust, The Antitrust Source, Forbes, The Economist's Voice, Harvard Business Review, Health Affairs, Milken Institute Review, Regulation, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He was recently interviewed on Bloomberg TV and CNBC.

Dr. Singer earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. magna cum laude in economics from Tulane University.

Contact: 202.747.3520 | hal.singer@naviganteconomics.com
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