Geographical averaging of retail and wholesale prices could distort incentives for bypass entry in both the metropolitan and the high-cost areas. The two-instrument approach to universal service support, proposed in (Armstrong, 2001), could enhance efficiency, through competitive and...

Der vorliegende Aufsatz analysiert das internationale System der Ausgleichszahlungen und seine Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklung eines globalen Telekommunikationsnetzwerkes. Dies geschieht anhand eines Szenarios, das über internationale Verrechnungssätze hinausgeht. Die internationale Dimension...

We provide a general procedure to deal with the airport slot allocation problem, which applies the principles underlying the Administered Incentive Pricing model for regulation of radio spectrum in electronic communications markets. In particular, we propose an incentive pricing mechanism that...

This paper proposes a self-contained reference for both policy makers and scholars who want to address the problem of efficiency and effectiveness of Local Public Transport (LPT) in a sound empirical way. Framing economic efficiency studies into a transport planning perspective, it offers a...

We provide a general procedure to deal with the airport slot allocation problem, which applies the principles underlying the Administered Incentive Pricing model for regulation of radio spectrum in electronic communications markets. In particular, we propose an incentive pricing mechanism that...

Geographical averaging of retail and wholesale prices could distort incentives for bypass entry in both the metropolitan and the high-cost areas. The two-instrument approach to universal service support, proposed in (Armstrong, 2001), could enhance efficiency, through competitive and...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the international settlement system and its implications for the development of a global telecommunications network in an industry scenario that is moving beyond international accounting rates. The international dimension of funding developing countries'...