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Narrowing the digital divide is an important goal of any ICT policy. It must promote on one hand a high degree of accessibility to the “infostructure” by promoting competition, interconnection and convergence in the ICT sector. On the other hand, policies must also seek to increase the...
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We use a classroom game, the "wallet Game", to show that in standard ascending, i.e. English, auctions of close-to-common-values objects, even slight asymmetries between bidders can have very large effects on prices. Examples of small asymmetries are a small value advantage for one bidder or a...
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This book is a non-technical introduction to auction theory; its practical application in auction design (including many examples); and its uses in other parts of economics. It can be used for a graduate course on auction theory, or – by picking selectively – an advanced undergraduate or MBA...
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this paper studies the paradigmatic case of telecommunications reform in Costa Rica it underscores the importance of these …
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applied to the Japanese mobile telecommunications market during the period 1995-2001. The estimated qualities for mobile … telecommunications services in Japan are shown to have improved rapidly during this period, indicating the importance of quality change …
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the issue by analysing the dynamic of innovation activities in telecommunications (TLCs) at the country level. Our claim …
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Important links run in both directions between telecommunications and economic development. This paper examines the … telecommunications sector in Central America in the context of national and regional growth and sustainable development. Its analysis of … the telecommunications sector in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua shows that the sector …
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As the telecommunications sector evolves toward a more competitive environment in which the private actors become the … telecommunications services. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical and financial parameters that have to be … considered in formulating such policies. It presents an array of options for commercial operation of rural telecommunications and …
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manufacture of state-of-the-art telecommunications equipments. The paper undertakes a detailed review of this innovation … paper maps out the sectoral system for innovation in the telecommunications equipment industry. The ensuing analysis shows …
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