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Natural or Unnatural Monopolies in UK Telecommunications?
Correa, Lisa - 2003
This paper analyses whether scale economies exists in the UK telecommunications industry. The approach employed differs from other UK studies in that panel data for a range of companies is used. This increases the number of observations and thus allows potentially for more robust tests for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075200
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Liberalisation of network industries : is electricity an exception to the rule?
Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004
) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285766
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Antitrust vs. Sector Specific Regulation in Telecom : A Close Look at Interconnection
Geradin, Damien; Neto, Isabel; Kerf, Michel - 2013
In a companion note (Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation in Telecom: What Works Best?), we argued that while the … and institutions as instruments of economic regulation, some sector-specific rules and specialized implementing … interconnection. In the present note, we look in more details at the regulation of interconnection drawing from the experience of New …
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Liberalisation of network industries: Is the electricity sector an exception to the rule?
Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004
) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506581
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SOCs and Competition : Reflections on South Africa’s Experiences in Telecommunications and Energy
Robb, Genna - 2018
to the Tribunal between October 1999 and September 2016,13 involved former or current SOCs. SOCs often hold monopoly … positions and control essentialinfrastructure and the record has been that of abuse of monopoly positions and evenleveraging … market power into adjacent markets. In addition, SOCs have often been protectedby policy and regulation with the result of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911698
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Market Competition Following Mexico's Telecommunications and Broadcasting Reform : Present and Future
Casanueva-Reguart, Cristina - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017550
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Liberalizing Basic Telecommunications : The Asian Experience
Fink, Carsten - 2016
regulators. But where comprehensive reform has been undertaken - including privatization, competition, and regulation - the … - including privatization, competition, and regulation - the availability of main lines, the quality of service, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748607
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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications
Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas - 2013
This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217206
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What determines demand for telecommunications services? : evidence from the EU countries before and after liberalization
Agiakloglou, Christos N.; Polemis, Michael - 2015
This paper aims to investigate the main determinants of Telecommunications demand for European countries (EU). For this reason, a panel data set is used consisting of 19 EU countries over the period 1991-2010 capturing the years before and after the liberalization process. The goal is to clarify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433031
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The Pricing of Inputs Sold to Competitors
Baumol, William J.; Sidak, J. Gregory - 2009
Local telephone companies have long been regulated as natural monopolies. However, technological innovation and the prospect of falling regulatory barriers to entry now expose some portions of the local exchange to competition from cable television systems, wireless telephony, and rival wireline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123520