2003 to 2012. We examine the impact of service- and facility-based competition on firm-level investment as well as the … strategic effects underlying infrastructure investment decisions. At the same time we explicitly model the structural dynamics … of broadband investment by means of a flexible accelerator model. The empirical specification employs dynamic panel …

investment on the new broadband technology by ~0.45% and ~0.47%. These effects are not homogeneous across countries and are …

broadband market. Currently, a relatively low willingness to pay and high investment costs are slowing down the momentum of both …

This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …

information-based society, yet investment activities and especially the adoption of fibre-based broadband services take place only … states for the years from 2004 to 2012. The results show that the more effective previous broadband access regulation is, the …-linear manner. It appears that the approach of strict cost-based access regulation embedded in the EU regulatory framework is at …

-based regulation to strengthen the necessary investment incentives. Regulatory emphasis is shifting from costreductions to promoting … investment. Obstacles to investments arise in particular from regulatory risk and efficiency risk. Addressing these topics, we … recommend a move towards more cost-based approaches, with ex-ante investment approval and less reliance on ex-post benchmarking. …