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regional markets, in particular in Europe. Evidence thus calls for some regulation in this industry. There is, however, a great … concern for the (possibly negative) consequences of price regulation on the quality of services. We argue that both aspects …
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Cost-benefit analysis of agri-environmental regulation is limited in the sense that it only examines the effects a … single regulation will have on the public and polluters. Further, important mechanisms through which the public might bear … part of the cost of regulation are not examined. This paper uses new data that allows for examination of regulation by a …
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regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
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regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …
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address in detail the institutional design of sector specific regulation. National and supra-national regulatory structures …
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of recommendations are made to improve the system of regulation …
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The emergence of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) raises profound challenges for regulators everywhere. Different regulatory authorities have approached these problems in strikingly different ways, depending in part on the overall regulatory milieu in which they operate, and in part on the nature...
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This note considers a simple Hotelling model with Bertrand competition between two firms, who belong to separate jurisdictions and are regulated by separate regulators. Welfare properties of different regulatory regimes are compared. These suggest that the presence of multiple, mutually...
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Regulation in Europe is currently driven by three distinct, yet not entirely unrelated factors. These are … the European Commission (the Commission) refers to as "better regulation." To ensure better regulation, two regulatory … describe the current drivers of better regulation. Then I examine the use of these two regulatory philosophies in helping to …
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This article studies the impact of regulatory uncertainty on an incumbent’s incentives to undertake the socially optimal investments in NGA networks. Thus, a regulatory non-commitment setting in which the regulator sets the access price after the deployment of the NGA network is used. In...
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