In a companion note (Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation in Telecom: What Works Best?), we argued that while the … full liberalization of telecommunications markets provides scope for relying to a large extent on general antitrust rules … and institutions as instruments of economic regulation, some sector-specific rules and specialized implementing …

This paper seeks to study the institutional aspects of the regulatory reforms undertaken in the telecommunications … sector in the European Union. It discusses the core functions of the telecommunications regulatory authorities established by … bodies. It also attempts to speculate on how the status and role of NRAs will evolve as telecommunications markets become …

market power, this paper uses the Commission's 1999 decision to de-regulate the prices for Special Access telecommunications ….C. Circuit recognized over twenty years ago: Complex regulation must still be credible regulation and any failure by the FCC to …

regulatory jurisdiction is allocated in EU electricity and telecommunications markets. Specifically, this paper assesses the …

: collusive and social welfaremaximising reciprocity, uniform termination charge, asymmetric regulation, and direct calling price … and asymmetric regulation, it is shown in this paper that the regulator can improve social welfare, without too much … regulation of calling prices may be a welfare-improving alternative over regulation of termination charges. …