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Regulatory federalism and industrial policy in broadband telecommunications
Montolio, Daniel; Trillas, Francesc - In: Information Economics and Policy 25 (2013) 1, pp. 18-31
We analyse the impact of regulation, industrial policy and jurisdictional allocation on broadband deployment using a … countries for the period 1999–2006, we examine whether centralization promotes new telecommunications markets, in particular the …
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Welfare Analysis of Regulating Mobile Termination Rates in the UK (with an Application to the Orange/T-Mobile Merger)
Harbord, David; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper presents results from a calibrated welfare model of the UK mobile telephony market which includes many mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; networkbased price discrimination; and call externalities. The analysis focuses on the short-run effects of adopting lower...
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Regulation, enforcement, and entry: Evidence from the Spanish local TV industry
Nishida, Mitsukuni; Gil, Ricard - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 32 (2014) C, pp. 11-23
Although we have many tools to understand the effect of regulation on firm entry, we know little about the importance … of actual regulation enforcement. For this purpose, this paper uses data from Spain's local television industry from 1995 … regulation and a posterior liberalization. During this period, the local television industry transitioned from a state of …
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Promoting network competition by regulating termination charges
Hurkens, Sjaak; Jeon, Doh-Shin - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 6, pp. 541-552
This paper contributes to the policy debate about the optimal termination charge when penetration rates are explicitly taken into account. Although lowering termination charges towards cost leads to more efficient usage, its impact on consumer surplus is ambiguous since it induces an increase in...
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Broadband prices in the European Union: Competition and commercial strategies
Calzada, Joan; Martínez-Santos, Fernando - In: Information Economics and Policy 27 (2014) C, pp. 24-38
This paper analyses the determinants of broadband Internet access prices in a group of 15 EU countries between 2008 and 2011. Using a rich panel data set of broadband plans, we find a positive effect of downstream speed on prices, and that the price per Mbps of cable modem and fibre technologies...
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Are Unbundled and Self-supplied Telecommunications Switching Substitutes? An Empirical Study
Beard, T. Randolph; Ford, George - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 12 (2005) 2, pp. 163-181
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires incumbent monopoly phone companies to lease elements of their networks to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005471669
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The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries
Miroudot, Sébastien; Pinali, Enrico; Sauter, Nicolas - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007
This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. An index of pro-competitive reforms is provided for 82 countries over the period 2001-2005. The index...
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Australia
Ziegelschmidt, Helmut; Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an important role in the economic growth process as well as contributing to a more efficient allocation of resources in a static sense. More intense competition is likely to...
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The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
Colin Xu, Lixin; Li, Wei; Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Using a new data set of the telecommunications sector on privatization (1981-98 for 167 countries) and competition … liberalization in the telecommunications sector. Building on the framework of a generalized private interest theory, we derive … telecommunications sector. We pay particular attention to how the effects of interest groups on policies vary from more democratic to …
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Estimating the impact of low-income universal service programs
Ackerberg, Daniel A.; DeRemer, David R.; Riordan, Michael H. - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (2014) C, pp. 84-98
This policy study uses U.S. Census microdata to evaluate how subsidies for universal telephone service vary in their impact across low-income racial groups, gender, age, and home ownership. Our demand specification includes both the subsidized monthly price (Lifeline program) and the subsidized...
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