In the parlance of regulatory economics, “pass-through” refers to the effect of a change in an incremental cost – generally, the effect of a change in a regulated input price – on the retail price of a good or service. In this paper we examine retail long distance telephone service...

A central concern of antitrust analysis is determining whether or not a firm possesses significant market power. The trend in the US and many other countries toward liberalized regulation or deregulation of telecommunications providers has been accompanied by the application of these antitrust...

During the last twenty years, state Public Utility Commissions have experimented extensively with regulating telecommunications carriers. More recently, many states have more or less deregulated long-distance service. This paper employs a panel dataset of states to examine whether the...

During the last twenty years, state Public Utility Commissions have experimented extensively with regulating telecommunications carriers. More recently, many states have more or less deregulated long-distance service. This paper employs a panel dataset of states to examine whether the...

There is a policy debate at both state and federal levels over how to facilitate consumer adoption of the Internet and, particularly, broadband technology to access the Internet. The objective of this study is to offer empirical evidence directly relevant to this debate. In so doing, we examine...

There is a policy debate at both state and federal levels over how to facilitate consumer adoption of the Internet and, particularly, broadband technology to access the Internet. The objective of this study is to offer empirical evidence directly relevant to this debate. In so doing, we examine...