Cross-fertilization between the U.S. and European telecommunications regulation
by Ingo Vogelsang
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2002
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| Authors: | Vogelsang, Ingo |
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IFO-Studien : Zeitschrift für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung. - München : IFO-Inst. für Wirtschaftsforschung, ISSN 0018-9731, ZDB-ID 2819-8. - Vol. 48.2002, 1, p. 5-21
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| Subject: | Telekommunikationspolitik | Telecommunications policy | Telekommunikation | Telecommunications | Regulierung | Regulation | USA | United States | EU-Staaten | EU countries |
| Type of publication: | Article |
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| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Cross-country learning and cross-country fertilization have played a major role in telecommunications reforms worldwide. Such cross-country effects could be explained by the same factors that are responsible for regulatory changes in general, including interest group pressures, organization costs and asymmetric information. These are often conjectured to lead to redistributive and sometimes efficiency-reducing outcomes. However, the practical information provided by other countries' experiences makes one hopeful that cross-fertilization has welfare-enhancing effects both by deterring bad examples and copying good ones. Examples of regulatory changes from the telecommunications sector suggest that such benevolent effects occur but are by no means assured. More empirical and theoretical work is therefore needed to assess the impact of cross-fertilization for regulatory reforms. In: ifo Studien Literatur-Verz. S.20-21 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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