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general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to … hierarchical priority over sector-specific rules and its direct application cannot be excluded when sector regulation is …
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In a companion note (Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation in Telecom: What Works Best?), we argued that while the … full liberalization of telecommunications markets provides scope for relying to a large extent on general antitrust rules … and institutions as instruments of economic regulation, some sector-specific rules and specialized implementing …
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I claim that the urgently needed telecommunications regulatory reform must rest on three specific principles or … integrity of the telecommunications networks in Canada. Third, the design of non predatory pricing rules (price floors) through … full cost sharing capable of fostering the emergence of a more competitive telecommunications industry, even if such non …
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telecommunications market development under firstly Australian administration, and latterly under a pro-competitive set of regulatory … country. Whilst the framework is based on guidelines from the World Bank and the International Telecommunications Union …
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Using an efficiency-based framework, this paper analyses the performance of New Zealand's telecommunications sector … under competition law-based sector governance (the period from 1987 to 2001) and under industry-specific regulation (2001 to …-specific regulation, however, transfers to consumers appear to have reduced, transaction costs have increased and delays are being …
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This paper analyses the role of the European Commission in taking cases of abuse of dominance in the telecommunications … competition law as a complement, and not a substitute, to regulation. They have set a relatively low threshold for proving margin … squeeze, the most common form of abuse in telecommunications; and they have allowed wide discretion to the Commission to deal …
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.S.-originated International Message Telecommunications Service (IMTS) traffic. (See Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to … the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998, 51 Fed. Comm. L.J. 111 (1998 … parties representing over 100 foreign governments, regulators, and telecommunications companies - upheld the FCC's Benchmarks …
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the citizens of its member states. The Roaming Regulation that has reduced the mobile communications costs while … case of telecommunications, several initiatives of the European Commission and of national regulatory authorities to falls …
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The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an important role in the economic growth process as well as contributing to a more efficient allocation of resources in a static sense. More intense competition is likely to...
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