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Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry
Faccio, Mara - 2017
We study how political factors shape competition in the mobile telecommunication sector. We show that the way a government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and prices. Pro-competition regulation reduces prices, but does not hurt quality of services or...
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Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Botswana
McMillan, Margaret S. - 2019
We study the effects of domestic trade liberalization on labor markets in Botswana. South Africa is the dominant member … plausibly exogenous tariff reductions for the other customs union members, including Botswana. Using labor force surveys from … Botswana spanning a decade, we find that trade liberalization did not affect the relative size of industries in terms of …
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When Knowledge is not Enough : HIV/AIDS Information and Risky Behavior in Botswana
Levinsohn, James A. - 2006
increase vulnerability to infection? We use data from two recent household surveys in Botswana to address this question. We …
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Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries--Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil …
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Stuck in the Middle? Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Botswana
McCaig, Brian - 2015
This paper decomposes Botswana's growth from the late 1960s through 2010 into a within-sector and a between …-sector (structural change) component. We find that during the 70s and 80s Botswana's rapid economic growth was characterized by … that this is one of the reasons for persistent poverty and very high income inequality in Botswana today. This leaves us …
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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying : How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission
de Figueiredo, John M. - 2000
lobbying (internal organization vs. trade association) by firms in administrative agencies. It explores the power and limitations of the collective action theories and transaction cost theories in explaining lobbying. It introduces a dataset of over 900 lobbying contacts cover 101 issues at the...
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Mandatory Unbundling and Irreversible Investment in Telecom Networks
Pindyck, Robert S. - 2004
This paper addresses the impact on investment incentives of the network sharing arrangements mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, with a focus on the implications of irreversible investment. Although the goal is to promote competition, the sharing rules now in place reduce incentives...
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Taxation by Telecommunications Regulation
Hausman, Jerry - 1997
Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary spending limits, Congress is unable to increase general taxes to pay for social programs and thus funds these programs from taxes on specific sectors of the economy. In this paper I...
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Net Neutrality : A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs
Greenstein, Shane - 2016
The "net neutrality" principle has triggered a heated debate and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants, and highlight the economic...
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders - 2015
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...
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