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States and their representatives, national governments, play a key role in national telecommunication markets. As lawmakers, they determine the playing field of the agents in the markets and the decision powers of national regulators. Simultaneously, they are involved in appointing presidential...
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This paper considers the impact of European telecom regulation on the value of affected companies. Employing a repeating ARGARCH model, I compare the effect of three types of regulation which are categorized based on the addressed subject, i.e. cross-market, country-specific and company-specific...
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The European Commission Recommendation 2007/879/EC has become known as an important innovation towards phasing-out sector-specific regulation of electronic communications. Eleven of the eighteen markets are no longer regarded as needing to be subject to sector-specific ex ante regulation....
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This working paper examines the question whether the privatization of network based utilities results from policy diffusion across the OECD world, and if so which diffusion mechanisms have been relevant. Therefore, a completely new panel data set on privatization in the telecommunication sector...
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This paper examines the topic of unbundled access to the local loop in areas which show characteristics of non-contestable natural monopolies outside the large cities. Under the heading "local loop unbundling" three variants are discussed, full unbundling, line sharing, and bitstream access. An...
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Die Suche nach einer konsistenten regulatorischen Behandlung von Mobilfunkund Festnetzen sollte nicht in der Einführung einer sektorspezifischen Regulierung von Mobilfunknetzen, sondern vielmehr im Abbau der sektorspezifischen Regulierung der Festnetze bestehen. Stabile Marktmacht mittels des...
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Aus dem Spektrum des Regelungsbereichs netzgebundener Leistungen lassen sich zumindest drei Kernbereiche herauskristallisieren. Erstens: technische Regulierungsfunktionen: Standardisierung und Netzsicherheit. Zweitens: Versorgungssicherheit und Universaldienstziele. Drittens: die Abgrenzung...
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Die Bestimmung planmäßiger Abschreibungen gewinnt gegenwärtig auf regulierten Märkten eine besondere Bedeutung, weil sich die Genehmigung von Preisen auch an den Kosten orientiert. Im Zentrum dieser Untersuchung stehen daher Gesichtspunkte für die ökonomische Fundierung von...
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