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input into interoperability standards for their products. However, regulation of this market could impose significant costs …-manage the industry in the future. FCC regulation can only be warranted if there is an identified market failure in the cable … applications market. With no reported exclusions of third-party services and applications, pre-emptive regulation is not justified …
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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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Congress and the FCC should free over the air broadcast radio from regulations that are not imposed on its competitors to allow it to compete with satellite radio and other media. Furthermore, the playing field is best leveled by deregulating down, rather than regulating up with new restrictions...
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One of the most contentious debates in modern telecommunications policy regards whether or not a regulatory mandated reductions in the per-minute costs of long distance carriers - access charges domestically and settlement rates internationally - are fully reflected in the per-minute prices for...
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In July 2003, the Phoenix Center released POLICY BULLETIN NO. 5, Competition and Bell Company Investment in … empirical models confirmed that UNE-P competition a positive relationship between Bell Company investment in local …
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This POLICY PAPER examines whether there is a relationship between regulated rates for "unbundled local loops" and deployment of broadband technology by incumbents and entrants. Using an econometric model that analyzes 2002 and 2003 local loop rates and takes into account price variability and...
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science enables a rich understanding of competition beyond the simplistic descriptions of markets and firms proposed by …
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We examine minimum quality standards (MQS) regulation in vertically differentiated markets with free entry. …
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competition in the financial sector. The analysis shows that it is not likely that standard products will increase competition in …
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This paper studies how restricting data exchange between firms affects market competition in the app economy. The … findings suggest that restricting data exchange reduces large apps' competitive advantage. However, market competition may fall …
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