opportunities following deregulation. Though deregulation implies a removal of government control, I propose that deregulation … overseeing deregulation. I test my claims by studying the competitive local telephone service industry, which was created by the … federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Regulators within state governments had historically played a large role in governing …

econometric analysis that attempt to separate the effects of deregulation from other factors in explaining changes in an industry …, such as deregulation, on an industry`s performance. For example, at the same time that the United Kingdom privatized its … that attempt to measure the effect of deregulation per se for a specific industry. This report highlights major outcomes …

studies from the information technology and telecommunications industries. Proposed hypotheses cover three research questions …

opened to competition. The most viable practice was call-by-call services in telecommunications markets. Entrants were …

, legal and economic framework of the fixed-line telecommunications industry, this book investigates whether bundling is …