Joost Poort is senior economic researcher at the Institute for Information Law since July 1st 2011. He adds an economic perspective to various research projects in media, copyright and telecommunication. Meanwhile, he is writing his thesis in this field.

He graduated in Physics at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands with 1st class honors. A year later, he graduated in the Philosophy of Science. During his studies, he spent a year at University College Cork (Ireland). In 1998, Joost started as an economic researcher at Nyenrode Forum for Economic Research (NYFER). Since 2003, he has worked at SEO Economic Research: first as a senior researcher, and since 2008 as head of the Section Competition Policy and Regulation.

He performed a large number of studies on market structure and regulation in a variety of markets. Also, he has done much research at the interface culture, heritage and economics. Over the years, he has specialized in the economic aspects of copyright, telecommunication and media. In many of these studies at SEO, he co-operated with the Institute for Information Law.

At SEO Economic Research and earlier at NYFER, he is first author and in most cases project leader of a large number of reports. Besides, he wrote various position papers for different Government Departments. Also, he regularly speaks at conferences, attends expert meetings and public debates, and writes in both scientific and popular media.

 

(with J. Leenheer) File sharing 2@12: Downloading from illegal sources in the Netherlands, 30 November 2012.
Study conducted at the initiative and under the authority of IViR and CentERdata, with financial support from the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Ziggo, KPN, XS4ALL, DELTA, CAIW and the Royal Dutch Book Trade Association (KVB).

This is the English translation of a report released in October 2012 in The Netherlands.

30.11.2012

(with R. van der Noll, S.J. van Gompel, L. Guibault, J. Weda, I. Akker & J.M. Breemen) Flexible Copyright: The Law and Economics of Introducing and Open Norm in the Netherlands, study commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation, SEO-rapport nr. 2012-60, Amsterdam, August 2012.

01.11.2012

Within the EU regulatory framework, licensees for commercial radio broadcasting may be charged a fee to ensure optimal allocation of scarce resources but not to maximize public revenues. While radio licence renewal occurs in many EU countries, an objective, model-based approach for setting licence fees has not been used so far. In this paper, it is described how such a fee can be determined for the purpose of licence renewal or extension. National and regional Dutch FM licences were valued, taking into account that simulcast broadcasting of digital and analogue radio is obligatory upon extension. Licences are valued using discounted cash flow methodology, whereby the cash flows of an averagely efficient entrant are taken as the benchmark for valuation of each individual licence. Cash flows during the licence period 2011–2017 are forecast based on generalized least squares regressions, using financial variables of Dutch radio stations for the years 2004–2008. Separately, bottom-up cost and investment models are used to calculate analogue and digital distribution costs. This results in a value per licence, based on objective licence characteristics, which can be used to set licence fees if administrative renewal or extension is opted for instead of a new auction or beauty contest.

For students and researchers, access to the article is available at the Springer database, through your own university library.

14.08.2012

(with N.A.N.M. van Eijk, I. Akker, B. van der Sloot & P. Rutten) Digitally binding: Examining the feasibility of charging a fixed price for e-books, Report commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OC&W), Amsterdam, March 2012.

09.03.2012

(with N.A.N.M. van Eijk) Universal service and disabled people, Telecommunications Policy, 2012-36, p. 85-95.

The EU regulatory framework enacted 25 May 2011 has the objective to provide functionally equal access to telecommunications services for disabled persons. What are the rules, who are the target groups, and what obstacles do they face when using various telecommunication services? And what arrangements do exist in a selected group of six EU Member States to remove these obstacles? Recommendations include the introduction of a more market-oriented approach, independent of specific networks.

27.01.2012

27.01.2012

(with N.A.N.M. van Eijk and P. Rutten) Legal, economic and cultural aspects of file sharing, Communications & Strategies, 2010-77, p. 35-54.

27.07.2011

(with J. Hoo) Assessing the value of flexibility in the Dutch office sector using real option analysis, Proceedings of conference 'Building networks for a brighter future', TU Delft, Rotterdam, 2007.

27.07.2011

• (with R. van der Noll) Assessing the economic contribution of the copyright-based industries, Amsterdam: SEO-report 2011-63;
• (with I. Akker, R. van der Noll and F. Tewes) Economic contribution of EU industries relying on exceptions and limitations to copyright, Amsterdam: SEO-report 2010-30;
• (with A. Huygen, P. Rutten, S. Huveneers, S. Limonard, J. Leenheer, K.S. Janssen, N.A.N.M. van Eijk and N. Helberger) Ups and downs. Economic and cultural effects of file sharing on music, film and games, Delft/Amsterdam: SEO-report 2009-2A.

Updated 30.11.2012