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The Frontier of Broadband Adoption Across the OECD: A Comparison of Performance
Ford, George; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence - In: International Economic Journal 25 (2011) 1, pp. 111-123
targeted at improving or mitigating the adverse effects of underlying demographic and economic conditions, such as computer …
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On the relationship between telecommunications investment and economic growth in the United States
Beil, Richard; Ford, George; Jackson, John - In: International Economic Journal 19 (2005) 1, pp. 3-9
Using a time series of 50 years, the relationships between investment by telecommunications firms and Gross Domestic …-stationarity of the data and lag length. These tests indicate that investment by telecommunications firms is caused by, but does not … stimulating the US economy by accelerating investment by telecommunications firms may not be successful. …
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Are Unbundled and Self-supplied Telecommunications Switching Substitutes? An Empirical Study
Beard, T. Randolph; Ford, George - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 12 (2005) 2, pp. 163-181
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires incumbent monopoly phone companies to lease elements of their networks to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005471669
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An Econometric-Driven Merger Simulation: Considerations and Application
Beard, T. Randolph; Ford, George; Saba, Richard - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 13 (2006) 2, pp. 217-228
In this paper, we offer a hybrid approach to merger simulation in which we allow rather extensive pre-testing to suggest the 'correct', or most desirable, form for the underlying demand curves. Our application is the merger between the large mobile telephone companies Cingular and AT&T Wireless...
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Are Local TV Markets Separate Markets?
Ekelund, Robert; Ford, George; Jackson, John - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 7 (2000) 1, pp. 79-97
In sweeping revisions the US Telecommunications Act of 1996 relaxed rules respecting broadcast TV ownership regulations …
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