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Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary … so that all public schools and libraries in the U.S. will receive subsidized service to the Internet. The cost of the … of the higher taxation of interstate telephone services to fund the Internet access discounts. I estimate the cost to the …
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allow CLECs to lease their local network facilities was established in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as part of a quid …
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We study the trade-offs faced by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that serve as platforms through which consumers … access both television and internet services. As online streaming video improves, these providers may respond by attempting … improved internet content. We augment the standard mixed bundling model to demonstrate the trade-offs the ISP faces when …
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Stock-market crashes tend to follow run-ups in prices. These episodes look like bubbles that gradually inflate and then suddenly burst. We show that such bubbles can form in a Zeira-Rob type of model in which demand size is uncertain. Two conditions are sufficient for this to happen: A declining...
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to invest in telecommunications. Results indicate that the irreversibility premium raises the opportunity cost of capital …
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demand and the dynamic interaction between the two in the context of the U.S. telecommunications industry over an extended … on the cost structure, employment and capital formation of the telecommunications industry in the U.S …
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cases of electricity and telecommunications. The direction for future changes is also discussed …
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This paper documents and assesses the significance of the policy changes in China that WTO accession implies in 3 key service categories (banking, insurance, and telecoms), asking whether it is likely they will really be fully implemented in their entirety as undertaken at signature in 2002....
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' incentives to differentiate their services should shape the policy debate for competitive local telecommunications …
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telecommunications equipment and information technology which identifies the location of emergency callers. We begin by exploring the …
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