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Investment in broadband infrastructure under local deregulation : evidence from the UK broadband market
Fabritz, Nadine; Falck, Oliver - 2013
This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752995
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Abuse of dominance and antitrust enforcement in the German electricity market
Duso, Tomaso; Szücs, Florian; Böckers, Veit - 2017
In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the alleged abuse of a joint dominant position by strategically withholding generation capacity. The case was settled after E.ON agreed to divest 5,000 MW generation capacity as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735927
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Regulation and internet access in Germany
Reutter, Michael - 2001
We explain the recent events in the German market for online access using a model of a regulated monopoly renting phone lines to retailers. Retailers offer either a linear or a flat tariff to consumers. Consumer heterogeneity leads to adverse selectiion. We show why market entry for flatrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398800
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Pass-through of CO2 emission costs to hourly electricity prices in Germany
Hintermann, Beat - 2014
I estimate the level of emissions cost pass-through to hourly wholesale electricity prices in Germany, based on spot market data. I control for contemporaneous shocks to demand and supply by constructing a detailed supply curve for fossil generation, and intersecting it with residual demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412091
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How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?
Prantl, Susanne; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2009
We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self … changes after unforeseen economic shocks. -- Entry regulation ; self-employment ; occupational mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860696
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Privatisation of network industries in Germany : a disaggregated approach
Knieps, Günter - 2004
an adequate regulation of access to the non-competitive infrastructures (monopolistic bottlenecks) is necessary in order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402409
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Young, single, but not free : the EU market for financial services
Booth, P. - In: Breaking up is hard to do ... : Britain and Europe's …, (pp. 253-273). 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499450
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How to deal with the risks of phasing out coal in Germany through national carbon pricing
Osorio, Sebastian; Pietzcker, Robert C.; Pahle, Michael; … - 2018
Germany aims to phase out coal to achieve its 2030 climate target, for which a UK-style carbon price floor is considered. But this measure comes with risks related to the uncertainty about what price level is sufficient, and the waterbed effect arising from unilateral policy under the EU-ETS....
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Does state aid for broadband deployment in rural areas close the digital and economic divide?
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Falck, Oliver; … - 2018
We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid programme for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German state of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using matched difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have - depending on broadband...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810060
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Speed 2.0 : evaluating access to universal digital highways
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Koutroumpis, Pantelis; Valetti, … - 2015
This paper shows that having access to a fast Internet connection is an important determinant of capitalization effects in property markets. Our empirical strategy combines a boundary discontinuity design with controls for time-invariant effects and arbitrary macro-economic shocks at a very...
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