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The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector

Colin Xu, Lixin; Li, Wei; Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Using a new data set of the telecommunications sector on privatization (1981-98 for 167 countries) and competition … liberalization in the telecommunications sector. Building on the framework of a generalized private interest theory, we derive … telecommunications sector. We pay particular attention to how the effects of interest groups on policies vary from more democratic to …

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Network Competition and Entry Deterrence

Calzada, Joan; Valletti, Tommaso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We develop a model of logit demand that extends to a multi-firm industry the traditional duopoly framework of network competition with access charges. Firstly, we show that, when incumbents do not face the threat of entry and compete in prices, they inefficiently establish the reciprocal access...

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Using and Abusing Economic Theory

Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Economic theory is often abused in practical policy-making. There is frequently excessive focus on sophisticated theory at the expense of elementary theory; too much economic knowledge can sometimes be a dangerous thing. Too little attention is paid to the wider economic context, and to the...

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Wholesale Markets in Telecommunications

Bourreau, Marc; Hombert, Johan; Pouyet, Jérôme; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In telecommunications some operators have deployed their own networks whereas some others have not. The latter firms …

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Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband

Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We consider the impact of a regulatory process forcing an incumbent telecom operator to make its local broadband network available to other companies (local loop unbundling, or LLU). Entrants are then able to upgrade their individual lines and offer Internet services directly to customers....

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The Biggest Auction Ever: The Sale of the British 3G Telecom Licences

Binmore, Kenneth; Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This paper reviews the part played by economists in organizing the British third-generation mobile-phone licence auction that concluded on 27 April 2000. It raised £22½ billion ($34 billion or 2½ % of GNP) and was widely described at the time as the biggest auction ever. We discuss the merits...

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How (Not) to Run Auctions: The European 3G Telecom Auctions

Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

There were enormous differences in the revenues from the European ‘third generation’ (3G, or ‘MTS’) mobile-phone license auctions, from 20 Euros per capita in Switzerland to 650 Euros per capita in the UK, though the values of the licences sold were similar. Poor auction designs in some...

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Cable and Satellite - The Market for Programmes

Veljanovski, Cento G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

reform. The concept of a national telecommunications grid providing television and basic telephone services is questioned, as …

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Computing Abuse Related Damages in the Case of New Entry: An Illustration for the Directory Enquiry Services Market

Martinez Granado, Maite; Siotis, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

A number of European countries, among which the UK and Spain, have opened up their Directory Enquiry Services (DQs) market to competition. In Spain, both local and foreign firms challenged the incumbent as of April 2003. The latter abused its dominant position by providing an inferior quality...

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Platform Competition in Telecommunications

Church, Jeffrey; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

In this Paper we consider the economics of platform competition in telecommunications. Platform competition occurs when … different, sometimes incompatible, technologies compete to provide telecommunications services to end-users. Battles between … competing technologies have been an important feature of telecommunications in the last twenty or so years. Examples of platform …

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