sector during the period 1990-1998. I find that privatisation and the existence of an independent regulator are positively … associated with teledensity and operating efficiency while competition and price cap regulation are strongly associated with …, competition and privatisation. Moreover, this study provides an initial examination of the positive impact that price cap …

services as a vehicle for exporting American principles of telecommunications regulation to other nations. The United States …

traditional forms of regulation. Continued application of these outmoded regulatory regimes is likely to harm consumers. We argue … that the Internet, and the rapid growth of the sharing economy, alleviates the need for much of this top-down regulation … dramatically — or when new technology or competition alleviates the need for regulation — then public policy should evolve and …

The United States has asymmetric regulation of the provision of broadband Internet access service. A cable television …) that offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service faces price regulation as well as the obligation to offer competitors the … services that compete with the ILEC's own retail offering to consumers. The social costs of asymmetric regulation are by now …