Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale, the existence of network externalities competition...

Der Glasfaserausbau in der Telekommunikation weist zahlreiche ökonomisch relevante Facetten auf. Die Höhe der Investitionskosten und damit verbunden die Rentabilität und das Risiko entsprechender Investitionen sind nur ein wichtiger Bereich. Ein weiterer besteht darin, welche Konsequenzen die...

Entscheidend für den Erfolg von Netzausbauvorhaben ist die Qualität regionaler Governance-Prozesse. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt die Handlungsarenen, die regionalen und überregionalen Akteure bei der Netzentwicklung und zwei Best-Practice-Beispiele aus Schleswig-Holstein und...

Underground infrastructure installation is prevalent in Belgium and both maintenance and new installations will lead to large costs. Important reductions in these costs are possible by performing road works in synergy. Formerly the overhead of the cooperation and the limited IT tools and data...

Most of the European countries risk not reaching the 2020 Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) targets. In order to achieve these targets, private investments in ultra-broadband networks should be vigorously promoted by access regulation whilst the deployment of ultra-broadband networks in...

In this paper we study how the coexistence of access regulations for legacy (copper) and fiber networks shapes the incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by incumbent telecom operators and heterogeneous...