Showing 1 - 10 of 10
In February 1997 WTO members signed the Fourth protocol, which, for the first time, determined a set of international rules for trade in basic telecommunication services. While this agreement was a major step in the direction of liberalising national telecommunication markets, many deficiencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012272099
To give the exchange of goods and services between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) new momentum the two parties are currently negotiating the transatlantic free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim is to create the largest free trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598689
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376897
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470553
. This study examines the effects of sector regulation on innovation in telecommunications and related information industries …) were utilized to test the effects of sectoral regulation. In line with other studies of the effects of regulation on … innovation, the study finds that more stringent regulation had a statistically significant negative effect on the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009567568
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002891989
ways. While the period is characterized by a shift toward less direct state intervention, the intensity of regulation has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045696
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013533466
findings, with some pointing to the advantages and other to the disadvantages of this arrangement. Government regulation of … government ownership and regulation might help overcome some of the shortcomings of the regulation of private firms. We find weak … evidence that public and mixed regulated firms were subject to more favourable regulation of interconnection prices. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064391
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001226252