by the proposed state legislation would be preempted by federal regulation. Section 616 of the Communications Act, giving …

This paper analyzes one-way access and, in particular, local loop unbundling (LLU) in telecommunications markets. At … the case of partial participation, where the entrant can attract further participation. In the first case, unbundling … requirements are neutral to competition. This result breaks down under partial consumer participation. Hence, regulation of …

Unbundling has been made to work in a number of countries with relatively dense and well developed traditional copper …

We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications …’ investments; and endogenous regulation. We find access regulation to negatively affect both total industry and individual carrier …