This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …

This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …

right balance between procompetition measures and maintaining investment incentives when choosing from the available toolkit …

competing broadband services, not only determines the amount of investment the entrant needs to undertake to enter the market …, but also the intensity of post-entry competition. We consider an access scheme that determines an access level and an … differentiation to the level of access is lower, and when the marginal investment cost is higher. We also show that the unregulated …