In this paper, we discuss the role of cable television networks and their ownership structure in promoting competition …. Second, we argue that separate ownership of the two networks is important to promote competition in local access. …

carriers in its state very differently). Preliminary evidence from an FCC survey suggests that, consistent with GTE's greater …

sector this paper shows that investment incentives may vary depending on the applied auction scheme. The model is designed as … a two stage game, where the franchisee decides about investment on the first and competes with a potential market … entrant on the second stage. Investment tends to be higher in sealed bid auctions than in an English auction, since the …

This paper addresses the recent Mexico experience in the opening to competition in networks infrastructure mainly in … from regulatory failures which create obstacles in the process of maximizing the competition scope. Obstacles from … overlapping regulatory agencies, are policy failures to procure competition. The path from State-operation to "managed competition …

-level regulation will likely make any type of collusion or capture more difficult in the future. …

– must not close its eyes to competition. All the same, Germany was late in starting to deregulate the industry and so far … has concentrated more on competition among service providers than among network operators. Even though several steps have … critics speak of mere 'pretend' competition. …

continuous optimal treatment with outcome heterogeneity, where the treatment outcome depends on the applicant’s investment. The … of R&D subsidies. We find that larger firms have higher marginal profitability of R&D. Rates of return on R&D are high … linear in R&D. The median increase from subsidies in the agency’s utility not appropriated by the applicant is 16 000 …

well as the level of competition among them. This paper differentiates between HMO penetration and competition and examines … penetration increases but more likely to adopt if HMO competition increases. Further, the latter effect is non-linear in the … penetration and competition have countervailing effects on the diffusion of technology such that the net effect could be small. …