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regulation. In our example, the termination rates have been part of a vertical restriction strategy. The observed network … competition, rest on a cost-based asymmetric price regulation. The further research allows a statistical assessment of the … asymmetric price regulation implemented by the Mexican regulatory authority during January 2013 to June 2017. This paper …
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impossible. This is also the situation in Bolivia where there exist urban household surveys and nationally representative DHS … incomes from assets in the DHS, and is able to generate new information on poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
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The paper investigates political uncertainty as a source of regulatory risk. It shows that political parties have incentives to reduce regulatory risk actively: Mutually beneficial pre-electoral agreements that reduce regulatory risk always exist and fully eliminate it when political divergence...
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increase off-net traffic from the investor's network but also from competitors' networks. Regulation changes the effect on …. Testing for a common regulation-investment effect provides evidence that the negative investment externality is not due to … regulation. …
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competition are affected by diverse regulation imposed investment regimes and the nature of product market competition. We analyze … competitors, is in charge of the investment. With imperfect regulation of the industry, we show that investment outcomes vary …
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This paper discusses the relevant cost standard for the economic replicability test for Next-Generation Access (NGA) networks, described in the Recommendation on Costing and Non-discrimination adopted by the European Commission. We demonstrate that a cost standard that implies fully fixed and...
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The development of the broadband market is a key aspect of the economic and social growth of a country. However, despite the importance and the development of broadband market in Portugal in recent years, especially with the explosion of the number of mobile broadband accesses, the studies for...
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as the voice of internet protocol (VoIP) telephony. Regulation with a supply-side asymmetry has rarely been addressed …. Considering both a supply-side and a demand- side asymmetry, the present model analyzes the effects different regulation regimes …. Regulation may have adverse effects on subscribers, market shares, and profits. If providers can discriminate between on-net and …
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The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of …
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ensure a level playing-field for innovative services in smart grids and consider implications for research and regulation. …
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