This study attempted to analyze the effect of regulation and political stability in allocation of mobile … investment in telecommunications, a framework was developed to understand the factors that determine investments in telecom …

This paper investigates the relationship linking investment (capital stock) and structural policies. Using a panel of … with less investment (lower capital stock). The paper also sheds light on the existence of non-linear effects of product … and labour market regulation on the capital stock. Several alternative testing methods show that the negative influence of …

This paper investigates the relationship linking investment (capital stock) and structural policies. Using a panel of … with less investment (lower capital stock). The paper also sheds light on the existence of non-linear effects of product … and labour market regulation on the capital stock. Several alternative testing methods show that the negative influence of …

Aggregate business investment is a major driver of long-term economic growth. It has been weak in many advanced … policies interact with and have an effect on business investment. This paper provides a survey of the literature on the main … policy drivers of business investment such as finance (including bank and market finance, venture capital and the debt bias …

The aim of our paper is to determine the efficiency of asymmetric regulation of mobile termination rates (MTRs) in a … question asymmetric regulation mechanisms. Based on a model designed to determine firm profits and consumer surplus, our main … results are the following: a) Asymmetric regulation of MTRs may contribute to increase welfare. If the impact is neutral …

This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and … consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The … access price is a function of investment costs and the regulatory regime. A regime with fully distributed costs or a …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …

empirically tests the effect of regulation on ICT capital inputs taken as a proxy for innovative activity. The sample consists in … a negative effect of regulation when an industry is getting closer to the technological edge. Two main results can be … obtained from this research. Firstly, regulation has always a positive effect when industries are close to the technological …