opportunities following deregulation. Though deregulation implies a removal of government control, I propose that deregulation … overseeing deregulation. I test my claims by studying the competitive local telephone service industry, which was created by the … federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Regulators within state governments had historically played a large role in governing …

econometric analysis that attempt to separate the effects of deregulation from other factors in explaining changes in an industry …, such as deregulation, on an industry`s performance. For example, at the same time that the United Kingdom privatized its … that attempt to measure the effect of deregulation per se for a specific industry. This report highlights major outcomes …

opened to competition. The most viable practice was call-by-call services in telecommunications markets. Entrants were …

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice ofregulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in … never be realized in local telecommunications inthe fashion that the 1996 prescribed. The decision of AT&T to stopmarketing …