monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly … mobile termination rate regulation. We find that regulation benefits consumers significantly more than entry does, and that …

In this paper, we assess the impact of competition and regulation on prices of mobile services in France. We estimate …-adjusted prices to a set of competition and regulation variables and find that the launch of 4G networks by mobile operators was the … introduced to pre-empt the entry of low cost competitor declined at the time of entry. Moreover, we find that regulation, which …

on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …’s Product Market Regulation indicator for Costa Rica shows that there is ample room to improve regulations. Costa Rica …. Regulatory reform can improve consumer welfare by boosting competition and thus lowering prices of key goods and services, which …

-profit-organisations, trade unions and consumers would like to come together to set up a regulatory framework. As set out in our paper competition …

Historically South Africa has favoured incumbents/national champions over rivalry (competition) in the … telecommunications sector. However, the importance of competition has become more apparent with each new development in the sector. Given … the changes in this dynamic sector it is important to evaluate progress on regulating for competition and the obstacles to …

Effective competition in the Southern and East African regions requires independent rivals competing across borders and …, this paper links existing literature on competition, barriers to entry, and inclusive regional growth to the experiences of … integration, the development of capabilities, technological investments, and, ultimately, growth and regional competition. …

understanding the interaction of different modes on the same market. It also has interesting implications for regulation of the …

Hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies face increased competition from the entry and expansion …, neighborhood shops, confront competition from convenience chains (e.g., 7- Eleven) in Mexico. To address the endogeneity in time …