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Incentives for Cost Shifting and Misreporting : U.S. Rural Universal Service Subsidies, 1991-2002
Berg, Sanford V. - 2012
The U.S. high cost loop support (HCLS) program, formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF), has been a key component of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) program to promote telephone access in rural, high cost areas. This study uses data from 1140 rural telecom firms in...
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Universal Service Subsidies and Cost Overstatement : Evidence from the U.S. Telecommunications Sector
Berg, Sanford V. - 2011
Utility subsidies are often defended as promoting universal service. However, specific support formulas may be poorly targeted and/or designed. The U.S. high cost loop support (HCLS) program (formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF)), has been a key component of the FCC's USF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132453
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The Internet and 'Telecommunications Services,' Access Charges, Universal Service Mechanisms and Other Flotsam of the Regulatory System
Weinberg, Jonathan - 2015
? In particular, to what extent should (or can) regulators impose existing telecommunications regulation, including the … snarl of cross-subsidies that dominates the telephone system, on IP networks?At the heart of existing telecommunications … regulation is the distinction between quot;telecommunications service,quot; whose providers are subject to FCC common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708326
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Understanding Why Universal Service Obligations May Be Unnecessary: The Private Development of Local Internet Access Markets
Downes, Tom; Greenstein, Shane - Department of Economics, Tufts University - 2005
This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall of 1998, a time of minimal government subsidy, when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027499
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The Impact of "Deregulation" on Regulator Behavior: An Empirical Analysis of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Rosston, Gregory L.; Savage, Scott J.; Wimmer, Bradley S. - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2006
This paper examines how regulators set local prices in response to the changes brought on by the Telecommunications Act …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009141790
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Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary: The private development of local internet access markets
Downes, Tom; Greenstein, Shane M - 2006
This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall of 1998, a time of minimal government subsidy, when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274077
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Internet Telephony : Effects on the Universal Service Program in the United States
Garcia-Murillo, Martha; McKnight, Lee W. - 2014
-switched telecommunications. Using available telecommunication deployment statistics in the United States and modeling software, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041369
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Understanding Why Universal Service Obligations May Be Unnecessary: The Private Development of Local Internet Access Markets
Downes, Thomas; Greenstein, Shane - Department of Economics, Tufts University - 2006
This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall of 1998, a time of minimal government subsidy, when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102145
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Estimating the impact of low-income universal service programs
Ackerberg, Daniel A.; DeRemer, David R.; Riordan, Michael H. - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (2014) C, pp. 84-98
This policy study uses U.S. Census microdata to evaluate how subsidies for universal telephone service vary in their impact across low-income racial groups, gender, age, and home ownership. Our demand specification includes both the subsidized monthly price (Lifeline program) and the subsidized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117290
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Strategic Pricing and Entry under Universal Service and Cross-Market Price Constraints
Anton, James J; Weide, James H Vander; Vettas, Nikolaos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
motivating example is the 1996 Act in the United States which opens telecommunications markets to competition and contains a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792026