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of economic regulation in telecommunications. It attempts to derive some lessons from the experience of four countries … achieve key objectives of telecommunications regulation, which are presented in the following section. Then, the paper … telecommunications …
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Utility subsidies are often defended as promoting universal service. However, specific support formulas may be poorly targeted and/or designed. The U.S. high cost loop support (HCLS) program (formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF)), has been a key component of the FCC's USF...
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commissions approve various deregulatory mechanisms in different industries at different times. In the telecommunications market … state commissions adopted retail restructuring via Section 271 of the Telecommunications Act at different points in time …. This study extends empirical evidence on factors behind restructuring in the telecommunications market, and in utility …
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The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, in the course of considering mergers and acquisitions as well as other policy matters, have conducted detailed investigations of the wired broadband business, and the intertwined business of providing linear programming....
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Although recent international broadband penetration rankings have Congress concerned about U.S. broadband policy, these statistics should not play a large role in forming U.S. broadband policy, as they fail to take into account geographic factors, demographic factors and consumer preferences...
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Financial regulation is a much debated topic for some time. The history of financial instruments started at a time when …. Financial derivatives are a sub species of financial instruments No internationally accepted principles for regulation of … judiciary regarding the regulation of financial instruments in general and financial derivatives in particular. The US, UK and …
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Why do some governments adopt policies to mitigate climate change while others do not? In this study, I illustrate the importance of industrial organization in shaping prospects for climate mitigation policy. Using a generalized difference-in-differences analysis, I show that U.S. states that...
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What explains variation in the degree of regulation across US states and industries? We examine cross- sectional … variation in state government regulation facing 81 3-digit North American Industry Classification System industries by matching … states, an increase in industry size is positively correlated with the extent of regulation. Additionally, for most …
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regulation recedes but that an important concept for the antitrust treatment of network industries ? the "essential facilities …
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What explains variation in the degree of regulation across US states and industries? We examine cross …-sectional variation in state government regulation facing 81 three-digit NAICS industries by matching novel data on regulatory … is positively correlated with the extent of regulation. Additionally, for most industries, there is also a positive …
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