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Investitionen und Regulierung bei schnellen Internetzugängen in Deutschland und der Schweiz
Goetz, Georg; Zenhäusern, Patrick - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 93 (2013) 4, pp. 260-266
, regulation has a serious impact on (private) investment incentives. We describe and evaluate the regulatory frameworks of … regulation in EU countries like Germany, with its focus on cost-oriented access and service-based competition, is likely to have … a detrimental effect on investment. In contrast, the Swiss approach of ex-post regulation provides a more conducive …
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Unbundling the incumbent and entry into fiber : evidence from France
Bourreau, Marc; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Hasbi, Maude - 2018
We use panel data on 36,104 municipalities in metropolitan France over the period 2010-2014 to estimate two models of entry into local markets by: (i) alternative operators using wholesale access to the legacy copper network via local loop unbundling (LLU), and (ii) the incumbent and two...
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Access Regulation and the Adoption of Voip
de Bijl, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2013
. Access regulation has been designed for traditional telephony on PSTN networks. In this paper we analyze the effect of access … regulation of PSTN networks on the adoption of a new technology in the form of VoIP. In particular, we show that with endogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057880
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The Diffusion of Broadband Telecommunications : The Role of Competition
Gruber, Harald; Denni, Mario - 2012
The paper addresses the determinants of diffusion of broadband infrastructure by looking a the US Federal States. It tries to identify in particular to what extent intra- and inter-platform competition contribute to accelerating the speed of diffusion. Panel data analysis results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061738
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Competition Enhancing Regulation and Diffusion of Innovation : The Case of Broadband Networks
Gruber, Harald; Koutroumpis, Pantelis - 2012
The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043005
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Impact on Broadband Access to the Internet of the Dual Ownership of Telephone and Cable Networks
Pereira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Tiago - 2008
In Portugal, the telecommunications incumbent offers broadband access to the Internet, both through digital subscriber line and cable modem. In this article, we estimate the impact on broadband access to the Internet of the structural separation of these two businesses. We use a panel of...
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Single eComms Market? No Such Thing…
Renda, Andrea; Pelkmans, Jacques - 2012
Notwithstanding the undeniable success of telecoms liberalization in terms of price reduction, new services and technologies as well as consumer satisfaction, EU telecoms policy is at least a half failure. This might seem hard to believe, but we show in this paper that there is no such thing as...
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Facility- and service-based competition and investment in fixed broadband networks : lessons from a decade of access regulations in the European Union member states
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Gugler, Klaus; Haxhimusa, Adhurim - 2015
This paper employs firm-level panel data of 57 incumbent and entrant firms for 23 European countries in the decade from 2003 to 2012. We examine the impact of service- and facility-based competition on firm-level investment as well as the strategic effects underlying infrastructure investment...
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Eu roaming regulation : theoretical model suggests a positive assessment
Baake, Pio; Wagner, Lilo - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 6, pp. 59-64
telephone calls, sending text messages, or using data services in other EEA countries. The regulation was designed to create a … digital domestic market without adversely affecting consumers. The regulation raises the expectation of changes in mobile …
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Network Neutrality and Foreclosing Market Exchange : Transaction Cost Analysis
Ford, George S. - 2013
content and broadband providers. While proponents of such regulation may view it as protection from alleged anticompetitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711484