We aim to clarify the role of access charges under two-way network competition, employing a reduced-form approach …. Retaining the key features of specific network competition models but imposing less structure, we analyze the impact of changes …

The effects that regulation has on the innovation and the introduction of new telecommunications services have not been … previously quantified in the literature. This study compares state-regulated services in Indiana under rate of return regulation … (RoRR) and under alternative regulation. The econometric model comprises an count process (for innovation) followed by a …

Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …

While growth has increased in Tanzania during the past five or six years, it is still too low to have a visible impact … potentially help reduce poverty through larger government expenditures on social sectors. However, it is unlikely that Tanzania …