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A diversidade regional e o dilema do modelo regulatório na telefonia fixa do Brasil [Regional asymmetry and the regulatory model for telecommunications in Brazil]

Santos, Rodolfo Torres dos - In: Nova Economia 14 (2004) 1, pp. 153-182

telecommunication regulation model. The major conclusion is that different regions characterize different telecommunications markets and …

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Price Regulation in a Vertically Integrated Natural Gas Industry: The Case of Mexico

Brito, Dagobert L.; Rosellón, Juan - In: Review of Network Economics 4 (2005) 1, pp. 75-92

The Comisión Reguladora de Energía of Mexico has implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas price to the Texas natural gas benchmark price in an industry structure characterized by a vertically integrated state-owned monopoly. This paper shows that in an open economy where...

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Approaches to Regulating Interchange Fees in Payment Systems

Gans, Joshua S.; King, Stephen P. - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 2, pp. 125-145

Significant attention worldwide has been paid to the regulation of credit card interchange fees. In part, this … consider additional issues that will impinge on the regulation of interchange fees. …

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Review of "Cost Proxy Models and Telecommunications Policy"

Ralph, Eric Kodjo - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 1, pp. 41-50

This paper reviews the book "Cost Proxy Models and Telecommunications Policy"

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Reflections of an Unwitting 'Political Entrepreneur'

Kahn, Alfred E. - In: Review of Network Economics 7 (2008) 4, pp. 616-629

entrepreneur slights the large part of my career, expounding and then applying the economics of regulation to New York's public … between the thoroughgoing regulation I had inherited and genuine deregulation eighteen months later. Finally, it overlooks the …

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The Impact of the Regulatory Process and Price Cap Regulation in Latin American Telecommunications Markets

Ros, Agustin J. - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 3, pp. 270-286

associated with teledensity and operating efficiency while competition and price cap regulation are strongly positively … cap regulation has had on telecommunications market in Latin America. …

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An Economic Analysis of the Determination of Interchange Fees in Payment Card Systems

Rochet, Jean-Charles; Tirole, Jean - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 2, pp. 69-79

systems and the potential need for their regulation. Among other things, it demonstrates that the proposal for a cost …-based regulation of interchange fees relies on an erroneous, vertically organized, model of the payment card industry. …

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Telecommunications Policies: Measurement and Determinants

Gual, Jordi; Trillas, Francesc - In: Review of Network Economics 5 (2006) 2, pp. 249-272

This paper presents new data on telecommunications reform for a cross section of countries. We measure telecommunications reform along two dimensions: entry barriers and regulatory independence. This data set is combined with a comprehensive set of performance, institutional and political data...

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Competitive Bidding for a Long-Term Electricity Distribution Contract

Littlechild, Stephen C - In: Review of Network Economics 1 (2002) 1, pp. 1-38

Demsetz (1968) and Posner (1972) suggested competitive bidding as an alternative to natural monopoly regulation …. Williamson (1976) and Goldberg (1976) argued that the problems of natural monopoly regulation are inherent in long …-term investment under uncertainty. Long- and short-term franchising contracts may be more problematic than regulation. This paper …

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Alfred Kahn as a Case Study of a Political Entrepreneur: An Essay in Honour of his 90th Birthday

Weiser, Philip J. - In: Review of Network Economics 7 (2008) 4, pp. 603-615

The success of airline deregulation challenged the claims of public choice theory, which asserts that regulation serves …

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