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Although competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) collectively have gained considerable market share since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, many entrants into local telecommunications have stumbled or failed. Some argue that competitive local telephony will eventuate only if...
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A recurring issue in the regulation of public utilities is whether the firm should be permitted to recover the cost of particular assets through its allowed rates. The traditional standards have been the backward-looking prudency test and the forward-looking used-and-useful test. Under the...
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In diesem Papier werden die in Kumkar (1999) gewonnene Erkenntnisse hinsichtlich der komparativen Vorteile alternativer Liberalisierungsmodell für die Stromwirtschaft auf die deutsche Situation übertragen. Ziel ist die Erarbeitung von Empfehlungen für die weitere wettbewerbliche Neuordnung...
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Ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten der deutschen Energierechtsnovelle sind die Konturen der zukünftigen Strommarktregulierung noch zu weiten Teilen ungeklärt. Vor diesem aktuellen wirtschaftspolitischem Hintergrund wird in diesem Papier die Frage nach einer sachgerechten Ausrichtung der...
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competition among counties. The present paper highlights the situation in which the citizens of two countries have the opportunity …
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coverage exists. Moreover, it is found that a second entrant in this market strongly increases competition, while further entry … competition in this market. It is shown that this is not the case in some other retail markets, where entry by a third firm may … significantly affect competition. Finally, using the estimation results, it is show that the public policy, which consisted of …
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at the retail level. A rapid price decline and a decline in revenues followed. Increased retail competition consequently … on the basis of a lack of competition. …
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This paper examines problems of entry, exit and competition in Ukrainian product markets. It finds that Ukraine still … increased competition and further privatisation, for productivity growth in Ukraine. This paper relates to the 2007 Economic …
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in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to … competition, partly because of regulatory restrictions but also because some local governments are too small to handle tenders and …
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Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …
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