Abstract: Die Autoren beschäftigen sich mit der Frage, inwiefern der Ausbau neuer Netze der nächsten Generation (sogenannte Next Generation Access Networks, NGA) angemessen regulatorisch, legislativ und ordnungspolitisch begleitet werden kann. Hierzu werden insbesondere sehr grundlegende...

The paper aims at empirically investigating the relationship between regulation and the capital structure of the regulated firm, A key aspect of the referred relationship pertains a leverage effect according to which debt could be increased as a response to previous physical capital investment...

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...