We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly … mobile termination rate regulation. We find that regulation benefits consumers significantly more than entry does, and that …

This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of … exploit regional differences in deregulation following a 2008 reform. Controlling for initial conditions, first …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …

within the setting of fixed telecommunications markets. From an economist's perspective, the key question that underlies the …

areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the … California disaster. Part of the explanation for these difficulties stems from past successful liberalization and deregulation …

Launching and stimulating competition in telecommunications markets is an important policy goal. It contains two … difficult to achieve at the same time. In this paper, we consider price regulation in the retail and wholesale market and answer … access price regulation is an effective instrument to make the entrant and consumers better off. …

. Existing empirical results support our theory based on short-run labor responses across US industries. We derive closed …-form eigenvalues show that stricter entry regulation results in slower convergence to steady state. …

This paper reports on ongoing research on the interactions between product regulation and labor market outcomes. In … particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors … attributed to product market deregulation, in particular liberalization of shop-closing laws effected in the mid-1990s. I sketch …

We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the … significant impact in the less developed ones. -- telecommunications demand ; universal service ; competition ; developing …