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on existing literature, we argue that ex ante regulation could represent a danger for the long-term development of the … infrastructures. We also argue that ex ante regulation is distorting investment itself: incremental investment is privileged as … opposed to radical investment. In this context, we identify three possible options for regulation in the near future: 1 …
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The paper aims to show some of the complex relationships between institutions and industrial policies. Institutions are …
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Italy is one of the OECD countries with the highest regulation in the different economy sectors. The recent measures … institutions and leading analysts indicate as an instrument to stimulate growth. But the persistence of rent positions and …
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Environmental regulation can be broadly divided into those that follow the top-down and bottom-up approaches. The two … each approach differ. The present study will explore the implication of environmental regulation to sustainability, costs …
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Spectrum reform initiatives in the US and Europe have identified a need to move away from the traditional command and control approach towards flexible and tradable licences and licence-exemption. Current regulatory initiatives are tending to focus on the flexible licensing route, and there is a...
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This paper provides an overview of the policy implications of technological developments, and how these technologies can accommodate an increased level of market competition. It is based on the work carried out in the SPORT VIEWS (Spectrum Policies and Radio Technologies Viable In Emerging...
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Numerous proposals have been made for separation in the telecommunications sector, some of which have been implemented, including the break-up of the Bell system in the 1980s and the widespread implementation of accounting separation. In recent years, attention has been focussed on operational...
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Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination – "dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead?
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regulation of incumbent local telephone carriers. The article suggests that the time is right to shift from a regime of a priori …
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We discuss policy towards mobile call termination, illustrated by the 2002 Competition Commission enquiry into the UK mobile market. We present a model of the mobile market which includes both fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile call termination. In broad terms, the former service is likely to...
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