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Despite all the perceived risks, Africa has proved to be a very successful location for mobile network operators that are investing substantial sums, building networks and making profits. However, much of that profit is being taken from Africa and much of the investment is equipment from...
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I test theories of regulation using comprehensive datasets on regulatory changes, equity returns, and firm fundamentals. I find that firms in industries subject to more regulation earn significantly higher returns than firms in deregulated industries. A long-short regulatory portfolio earns 9.8%...
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reconceptualized FCC (what we call newFCC in this paper). Today's Internet ecosystem is comprised of multiple digital network platforms … the Internet, on which complementors can build higher-layer platforms, such as the platforms provided by powerful firms … Internet ecosystem. When dominant platform providers pursue multi-platform strategies in an effort to capture or control a …
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In this article, we examine the open access debate in the context of cable services and broadband Internet services … issues concerning the impact of integrated cable content and Internet access to residential telecommunications. Economic … analysis, demographic surveys and federal antitrust guidelines each indicate that the broadband Internet access market is …
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In the deliberations of scholars, policy analysts, and policy makers, television has exceptional power and influence. Yet the historical record shows that television has not changed the economics of attention for large populations in the course of their daily lives. This contrast is not merely a...
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The growth of wireless mobile broadband has the potential to drive significant new growth in Internet applications …, services, and equipment markets. It is likely to represent as important a change for the Internet as the transition from dial …-up to broadband, fundamentally changing the landscape for broadband Internet access by adding the mobility that is needed to …
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In this paper, I propose a market-based approach relying on a combination of selection criteria and antitrust methodology to determine the scope of economic regulation and its balance with competition law. I suggest a clarified three criteria test related to the presence of high non-transitory...
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competition. Recent experience with long-distance calling, leased lines, Internet peering, and local telephony illustrates that …
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The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of service in long-distance (domestic and international)...
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In this review of John Lott's book, Are Predatory Commitments Credible?: Who Should the Courts Believe?, we find that Lott is more successful in pointing out the likelihood of predatory pricing by public enterprises than in proving that predatory pricing by private enterprises does not occur. In...
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