This paper develops and simulates a dynamic model of strategic telecom competition. The goal is to understand how … regulatory policy, particularly relative to lease charges for local network elements, affects telecom competition, investment … allow CLECs to lease their local network facilities was established in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as part of a quid …

Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary …

telecommunications equipment and information technology which identifies the location of emergency callers. We begin by exploring the …

control regulation and evaluate the impact of transition from regulation to competition. To provide a sharp contrast between … the difficulties of the traditional approach to regulation and the benefits of introducing competition, we focus on the … cases of electricity and telecommunications. The direction for future changes is also discussed …

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 …

to invest in telecommunications. Results indicate that the irreversibility premium raises the opportunity cost of capital …