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What explains aggregate telecom investments? : evidence from an EU-OECD panel
Friesenbichler, Klaus S. - 2019
This paper analyses the determinants of aggregate per-capita investments into the telecom sector. We provide results of panel econometric estimates for EU and OECD countries covering the period from 2005 to 2013. The findings show a positive effect of infrastructure-based competition between...
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The impact of the regulatory reform process on R&D investment of European electricity utilities : conference paper
Schmitt, Stephan; Kucsera, Denes - 2013 - This version: 25.10.2012
could not find any evidence that (ownership) unbundling and incentive regulation affect R&D expenditures of the utilities. … of regulation on R&D investment. Nearing competition has a dampening effect on R&D spending, but once the market and …
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Bork's hoax : antitrust and the internet market
Alleman, James H. - 2021
Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804859
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Bork's Hoax: Antitrust and the Internet Market
Alleman, James - 2021
Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012606279
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Competition of pricing of essential inputs : the case of access charges for the use of the Italian rail infrastucture
Arrigo, Ugo; Di Foggia, Giacomo - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 3, pp. 295-307
This paper explores the access charge for the use of the Italian rail infrastructure. Access problems arise when the provision of a complete service to end users requires the combination of two or more inputs, one of which is non-competitive (OECD, 2004). It is a well-known fact that excessive...
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The promotion of innovation in regulated network industries
Mirnezami, Seyed Reza - In: International review of environmental and resource economics 15 (2021) 1/2, pp. 137-174
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653282
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Ownership Unbuilding in Electricity Markets - A Social Cost Benefit Analysis of the German TSO'S
Brunekreeft, G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2008
This paper presents a social cost benefit analysis of ownership unbundling (as compared to legal und functional … unbundling) of the electricity transmission system operators in Germany. The study relies on the Residual Supply Index for its … effect of unbundling on capacity are of crucial importance. Overall, for the base-case, the net weighted discounted social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783773
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The impact of network competition in the mobile industry
Houpis, George; Rodriguez, Jose Maria; Ovington, Thomas; … - 2014
In 2000, there were as many countries served by a single mobile network as by network competition. Today, only 30 countries, representing less than 3% of the world’s population, are served by a single network. There has been considerable discussion about the optimal number of network operators...
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The impact of regulation and competition on the adoption of fibre-based broadband services : recent evidence from the European Union member states
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2013 - This draft: July 2013
states for the years from 2004 to 2012. The results show that the more effective previous broadband access regulation is, the …-linear manner. It appears that the approach of strict cost-based access regulation embedded in the EU regulatory framework is at …
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Drivers of fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure adoption and quality : prepared for presentation at the 20th ITS Biennial Conference Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 30-Decemb...
Tsai, Hsin-yi Sandy (contributor);  … - International Telecommunications Society - 2014 - Rev. Draft 2.0, Nov. 6, 2014
quality upgrades of fixed and mobile access networks. We also find evidence that regulatory interventions such as unbundling …
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