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We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications by using a comprehensive data set covering 70+ fixed-line operators in 20 countries over 10 years. Our econometric model accommodates: different investment incentives for...
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unbundling regulations on new optical-fiber lines. I find that unbundling regulation prevents new providers from building optical … particular, when a new technology is introduced, unbundling regulation has an oligopolization effect on the regulated firms. This … finding in the Japanese telecommunications industry suggests that unbundling regulation during periods of new technology …
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We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications by using a comprehensive data set covering 70+ fixed-line operators in 20 countries over 10 years. Our econometric model accommodates: different investment incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270806
Mit der Einführung einer staatlichen Regulierung der Energienetze wurde in Deutschland das gescheiterte Experiment … Bundesnetzagentur die Aufgabe, für einen diskriminierungsfreien Netzzugang und angemessene Netzentgelte zu sorgen. Die zunächst im …
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- is incompatible with subloop unbundling. Without subloop unbundling, there is no possibility for alternative operator to …
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(ownership unbundling), (ii) one of the network users is partially integrated with the operator and the others are disintegrated … (legal unbundling). We seek to understand when ownership unbundling leads to lower customer prices, and formalize necessary … conditions. In general, legal unbundling implies a less effective regulation, but it reduces the degree of market distortion …
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According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the "Bronner criterion", proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to...
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Energiemärkte sind längst Dauerbrenner der öffentlichen wie wissenschaftlichen Regulierungsdebatte geworden. Immer wieder wird die Frage nach effektivem Wettbewerb in der Energieversorgung kontrovers beantwortet, nicht zuletzt unter dem Eindruck steigender Energiepreise. Neben einer rein...
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Under ex ante access regulation entrants often claim that access fees are excessive. I show that this is only the case if further entry is admitted. If the entrant is protected from further entry it would agree with the incumbent upon a strictly positive access fee which may exceed the efficient...
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