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Democracy and Regulation : The Effects of Electoral Competition on Infrastructure Investments
Schram, Arthur J. H. C. - 2013
This paper investigates infrastructure investment in markets where regulation is subject to varying degrees of … manipulation by elected politicians. Based on a model of price regulation in a market with increasing demand and long-term returns … made independent of future political manipulation. Independency of regulation thus decreases efficiency and consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084993
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Democracy and Regulation: The Effects of Electoral Competition on Infrastructure Investments
Schram, Arthur; Ule, Aljaz - 2013
This paper investigates infrastructure investment in markets where regulation is subject to varying degrees of … manipulation by elected politicians. Based on a model of price regulation in a market with increasing demand and long-term returns … made independent of future political manipulation. Independency of regulation thus decreases efficiency and consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326457
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Democracy and Regulation: The Effects of Electoral Competition on Infrastructure Investments
Schram, Arthur; Ule, Aljaz - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper investigates infrastructure investment in markets where regulation is subject to varying degrees of … manipulation by elected politicians. Based on a model of price regulation in a market with increasing demand and long-term returns … made independent of future political manipulation. Independency of regulation thus decreases efficiency and consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257092
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Investment in ICT : determinants and economic implications
Fabritz, Nadine - 2015
This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742893
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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure : a survey
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2015
, deregulatory policies including soft regulation are the dominant policy in “black” areas, where several independent infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462525
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Gigabit access : Germany lags behind in international comparison but demand is low
Girard, Yann; Mattes, Anselm; Michelsen, Claus - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 25/26, pp. 219-229
Broadband internet expansion is a topic of widespread discussion in Germany right now. But the country still has not met its own targets. Almost 100 percent of households are supplied with broadband connections with up to six megabits per second, yet Germany has lots of room to catch up when it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863537
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The impact of regulation and competition on the migration from old to new communications infrastructure : recent evidence from EU27 member states
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2014
Fibre-deployment of next-generation communications networks is currently a major challenge for investing firms as well as for national regulators and is also subject to hot debates at EU level. This work examines the role of regulatory policies and competition controlling for relevant supply and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424793
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Regulatory independence may limit electoral holdup but entrench capture
Schram, Arthur; Ule, Aljaž - In: Public choice 198 (2024) 3/4, pp. 403-425
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550411
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The Race for Telecoms Infrastructure Investment with Bypass : Can Access Regulation Achieve the First Best?
Vareda, João - 2008
We analyze the impact of mandatory access on the infrastructure iinvestments of two competing communications networks, and show that for low (high) access charges firms wait (preempt each other). Contrary to previous results, under preemption a higher access charge can delay first investment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725938
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Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries : The Role of Democracy and Private Interests
Xu, Lixin Colin; Li, Wei; Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei - 2005
the reforms. Democracy facilitates the actions of interest groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066370