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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468563
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504478
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Market Definition in the Telecoms Industry
Gual, Jordi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
assesses whether the general principles need to be adapted when dealing with the telecommunications services industry. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124009
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Price Squeezes in a Regulatory Environment
Bouckaert, Jan; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
practitioners and economists, taking the existing regulatory environment as fixed. Based on the degree of existing regulation (full … telecommunications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497999
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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications
Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas P. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661431
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Market Entry and Roll-out With Product Differentiation
Levine, Paul L; Rickman, Neil; Tzavara, Dionisia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper examines a general problem exemplified by post-auction (third generation ‘3G’) mobile telecommunications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124418
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Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband
Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
technology (cable) which is not subject to regulation, and what we discover is that inter-platform competition has a positive …
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The Political Economy of State Aids in the European Community: Some Econometric Evidence
Neven, Damien J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper analyses the pattern of state aids to the manufacturing sector in ten EC countries for the period 1981--90. It focuses on determinants suggested by the political economy of state aids. We estimate a regression model where the intensity of state aids is accounted for by the weakness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788879
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Entry in Telecommunication: Customer Loyalty, Price Sensitivity and Access Prices
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sørgard, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The purpose of this article is to investigate the prospects for entry into an existing network in the telecommunication industry, and how public policy may promote a more competitive outcome. We apply a model that captures the fact that the incumbent has an installed base of loyal consumers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792516
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The Race for Telecoms Infrastructure Investment with Bypass: Can Access Regulation Achieve the First-best?
Vareda, Bastos; Miguel, João; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
regulation if the follower’s private incentives are dominated by business-stealing. Here access holidays can improve welfare by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497926