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Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband

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

technology (cable) which is not subject to regulation, and what we discover is that inter-platform competition has a positive …

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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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Market Entry and Roll-out With Product Differentiation

Levine, Paul L; Rickman, Neil; Tzavara, Dionisia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper examines a general problem exemplified by post-auction (third generation ‘3G’) mobile telecommunications …

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Welfare Analysis of Regulating Mobile Termination Rates in the UK (with an Application to the Orange/T-Mobile Merger)

Harbord, David; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper presents results from a calibrated welfare model of the UK mobile telephony market which includes many mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; networkbased price discrimination; and call externalities. The analysis focuses on the short-run effects of adopting lower...

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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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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

entrants. The sequencing of the auctions was also crucial. We discuss the auctions in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy …

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