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We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications …’ investments; and endogenous regulation. We find access regulation to negatively affect both total industry and individual carrier …
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regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
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We analyse network competition in a market with international calls. National regulatory agencies (NRAs) have incentives to set regulated termination rates above marginal cost to extract rent from international call termination. International network ownership and deregulation are alternatives...
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regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
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regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774721
This paper examines the Federal Trade Commission's recent settlement with Intel. Evaluating the FTC's case against Intel turns on tricky issues regarding the dynamics of cross-licensing. These are essentially barter transactions, and we have only a weak understanding of when firms will turn to...
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through your street? This Element deals with the economics and public regulation of such network industries. It puts … compatibility of regulation and competition. Worldwide most of these industries have changed dramatically in recent years …, telecommunications in particular. Network industries mostly exhibit economies of scale in production and similar economies in consumption …
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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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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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