Cost proxy models and telecommunications policy : a new empirical approach to regulation /

An empirical approach to understanding telecommunications regulation based on the use of a sophisticated engineering cost proxy model. The telecommunications industry defies easy characterization. The long-distance sector is highly competitive and the local exchange sector much less so, while digita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gasmi, Farid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Colección:Regulation of economic activity ; 22.
Temas:
Telecommunication > Law and legislation > United States.
Telecommunication policy > United States.
Telecommunication > United States > Costs > Econometric models.
Télécommunications > États-Unis > Coût > Modèles économétriques.
Télécommunications > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Telecommunication > Law and legislation
Telecommunication policy
United States
ECONOMICS/Industrial Organization
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Communications & Telecommunications
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The local exchange network: an overview
  • 3. The use of LECOM under complete information
  • 4. Reglulation under incomplete information
  • 5. The natural monopoly test
  • 6. Optimal regulation of a natural monopoly
  • 7. Comparision of performance of incentive and traditional regulatory schemes
  • 8. Universal service
  • 9. Strategic cross-subsidies and vertical integration
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Appendices.

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