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Telecommunications Reform and Performance – A Global View

Estache, Antonio; Goicoechea, Ana; Manacorda, Marco - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 3, pp. 16-21

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Fibre-optic Networks: On Investment, Regulation and Competition

Heinacher, Peter; Preissl, Brigitte - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 3, pp. 22-28

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The Telecommunication Markets in Selected OECD Countries: Market Characteristics and Regulatory Institutions

Kiessl, Thomas; Schedl, Hans - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 3, pp. 29-38

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Mobile number portability

Buehler, Stefan; Haucap, Justus - 2003

This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...

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Liberalisation of network industries : is electricity an exception to the rule?

Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004

the successful introduction of competition in the telecommunications sector. The main reason behind this success is that … telecommunications is in line with micro-economic theory, which predicts an increase in efficiency and lower prices when markets are … opened up to competition. The success in the telecommunications sector is often used as an argument for opening up other …

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Access regulation and investment in the next generation networks : a ranking of regulatory regimes

Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - 2009

This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...

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Do we (still) need to regulate fixed network retail markets?

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Goetz, Georg; Schwarz, Anton - 2008

; telecommunications ; fixed networks …

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Margin squeeze in fixed-network telephony markets : competitive or anticompetitive?

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Goetz, Georg; Schwarz, Anton - 2008

minus and deregulation as potential alternatives. -- access regulation ; foreclosure ; margin squeeze ; telecommunications …

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Regulation and investment in network industries : evidence from European telecoms

Grajek, Michał; Röller, Lars-Hendrik - 2009

We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications … regulated access. -- Telecommunications ; access regulation ; unbundling ; investment …

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Why reform fails : the "politics of policies" in Costa Rican telecommunications liberalization

Hoffmann, Bert - 2007

this paper studies the paradigmatic case of telecommunications reform in Costa Rica it underscores the importance of these … ; privatization ; telecommunications ; public enterprises ; Costa Rica ; development model ; Inter-American Development Bank …

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