This paper evaluates the effectiveness of several pricing rules intended to promote entry into a network industry dominated by an incumbent carrier. Drawing on the work of Cournot and Hotelling, we develop a model of competition between two interconnected networks.

Two scenarios dominate the discussion about the future of eastern Europe. In the first, the combination of good fundamentals and proximity to the EU generates ASEAN-stype tigers rapidly catching up to western Europe. In the second , the combination of ininherited burdens and populist policies...