Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary …

This paper develops and simulates a dynamic model of strategic telecom competition. The goal is to understand how … regulatory policy, particularly relative to lease charges for local network elements, affects telecom competition, investment … allow CLECs to lease their local network facilities was established in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as part of a quid …

Telecommunications Act of 1996, with a focus on the implications of irreversible investment. Although the goal is to promote competition …

policies reduced broadband access and competition in states with restrictions compared to states without restrictions leading …

We study how political factors shape competition in the mobile telecommunication sector. We show that the way a … government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and prices. Pro-competition regulation … competition. Government intervention has large redistributive effects: U.S. consumers would gain $65bn a year if U.S. mobile …

This paper documents and assesses the significance of the policy changes in China that WTO accession implies in 3 key … their entirety as undertaken at signature in 2002. While it would seem that China will have extraordinarily open markets for … implementation of China's WTO commitments, and following dispute settlement might retaliate in the future were these agreed changes …

to invest in telecommunications. Results indicate that the irreversibility premium raises the opportunity cost of capital …

take advantage of recent developments in the analysis of entry and competition among differentiated firms. They test and …' incentives to differentiate their services should shape the policy debate for competitive local telecommunications …