Dr Eric Kodjo Ralph is an economist with expertise in regulation, antitrust, competitive strategy, and industrial organization more broadly. Eric has worked in a range of industries, most notably telecommunications and the Internet, but also electricity, natural gas, broadcasting, insurance, airline services, harbour towage and railways. He has advised clients on large merger and acquisition cases. Eric has extensive private consultancy experience advising large corporations and government bodies in Australia, Italy, New Zealand and the U.S., including Telstra Australia, Telecom New Zealand, Telecom Italia, and various U.S. state governments.
Eric's research interests include net neutrality, regulation of electricity transmission by an independent system operator, network interconnection, public liability insurance, foreclosure and the implications of regulation in broadcasting. He has taught economics at leading educational institutions including, Duke University and the George Washington University and, in Australia, Monash University. Eric has a Ph.D. from Duke University and a first class honours degree from Monash University, both in economics.