Optimal firm size and patterns of returns to scale among the local exchange companies in the U.S. telecommunications industry are estimated for the years: 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1990. The independent companies display increasing returns to scale, while the Baby Bells display constant...

Although economic regulation is ubiquitous, little is known about the impact of different regulatory schemes, and changes in these schemes, on wages. The article evaluates the impact of changes in price regulation on average employee wages among the United States local exchange...

[fre] Des changements importants dans les structures de propriété des entreprises américaines, se traduisant par la présence des investisseurs institutionnels, inciteraient les gestionnaires à mettre l'accent sur le court terme et réduiraient les dépenses en R&D et les investissements....

[eng] This paper discusses the strategic issues that arise if a key organizational or production characteristic of firms is that they enjoy increasing returns to scale. Additionally, the economic implications of the returns to scale concept in the context of a network industry are discussed in...

This study examines the relationship between performance levels and the levels of cross-subsidy attained by local exchange carriers in the United States telecommunications industry. These cross-subsidies have been obtained by firms via their engagement in a separations mechanism, based on a cost...

The impact of deregulation on the performance of firms in the US telecommunication services industry is examined, using extant ideas to suggest that deregulation has differing impacts on different dimensions of firms' performance. The performance of the top 39 local exchange companies is...

This article evaluates the impact of the introduction of incentive regulation on firm growth among the population of local exchange carriers in the US telecommunications industry between 1988 and 2001. The results show that the rate of return method and other intermediate incentive schemes have...

This article evaluates the impact of institutional changes and firm size on wage determination in the local exchange sector of the United States telecommunications industry. The firms examined are all the principal local exchange carriers in the United States telecommunications industry in a...

This book analyses the complex relationship between corporate governance and economic development by focusing on the reform of corporate governance, the role of the legal system, and the interconnections with the financial system.