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Mobile network interconnection and investments
Veith, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
, investments increase off-net traffic from the investor’s network but also from competitors’ networks. Regulation changes the … functions. Testing for a common regulation-investment effect provides evidence that the negative investment externality is not … due to regulation. …
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European telecommunication regulation: Effects on telecommunication providers
Veith, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper considers the impact of European telecom regulation on the value of affected companies. Employing a … repeating ARGARCH model, I compare the effect of three types of regulation which are categorized based on the addressed subject …, i.e. cross-market, country-specific and company-specific regulation. While standard event study approaches are a special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756427
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Liberalization of the Postal Service Market in Europe: Entry with Universal Service and Partial Coverage
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
In the advent of postal market liberalization in several European countries we expect that the incumbent operators anticipate entry by competitors who are not required to offer universal service, i.e. coverage of the entire country and uniform pricing. The market for postal service exhibits...
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Entry Deterrence in Postal Service Markets
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
market regulation have motivated this quality improvement. In particular we show that this rise in quality is only profitable …
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Static vs. dynamic impacts of unbundling: Electricity markets in South America
Schober, Dominik - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Ownership unbundling and third party access are discussed as two options of unbundling in both the literature and political discussions. Focusing on the South American electricity sector, I contrast static and dynamic impacts of ownership unbundling and third party access regimes on customer...
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Scrapping subsidies during the financial crisis: Evidence from Europe
Leheyda, Nina; Verboven, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We study the effects of the car scrapping subsidies in Europe during the financial crisis. We make use of a rich data set of all car models sold in nine European countries, observed at a monthly level during 2005-2011.We employ a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the fact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957618
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Efficient contracts for government intervention in promoting next generation communications networks
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Holzleitner, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based ('next generation access', NGA) telecommunications infrastructure seem to be uncontroversial, a universal NGA coverage appears to be a rather unrealistic objective without government intervention. We contend, however, that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957680
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Der Einfluss öffentlichen Eigentums auf die Preissetzung in deutschen Haushaltsstrommärkten
Nikogosian, Vigen; Veith, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In der aktuellen Debatte zur Rekommunalisierung von Stromanbietern wird häufig das Argument der sicheren Versorgung zu niedrigen Preisen von Vertretern öffentlicher Eigentümer angeführt. Während die sichere Belieferung mit Strom im Rahmen der Grundversorgung gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist,...
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The impact of regulation and competition on the migration from old to new communications infrastructure: Recent evidence from EU27 member states
Briglauer, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Fibre-deployment of next-generation communications networks is currently a major challenge for investing firms as well as for national regulators and is also subject to hot debates at EU level. This work examines the role of regulatory policies and competition controlling for relevant supply and...
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A primer on damages of cartel suppliers: Determinants, standing US vs. EU and econometric estimation
Bueren, Eckart; Smuda, Florian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
While private actions for damages by customers against price-cartels receive much attention, the treatment of other groups affected by such conspiracies is largely unresolved. This article narrows the research gap with respect to suppliers to a downstream price cartel. First, we show that such...
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