Geographical averaging of retail and wholesale prices could distort incentives for bypass entry in both the metropolitan and the high-cost areas. The two-instrument approach to universal service support, proposed in (Armstrong, 2001), could enhance efficiency, through competitive and...

Der vorliegende Aufsatz analysiert das internationale System der Ausgleichszahlungen und seine Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklung eines globalen Telekommunikationsnetzwerkes. Dies geschieht anhand eines Szenarios, das über internationale Verrechnungssätze hinausgeht. Die internationale Dimension...

We define a supervised market mechanism to deal with the airport slot allocation problem. This mechanism is based on the principles underlying the AIP model for regulation of radio spectrum. Incentive prices for airport slots should reflect an estimate of the marginal value of each slot to end...

Der vorliegende Aufsatz analysiert das internationale System der Ausgleichszahlungen und seine Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklung eines globalen Telekommunikationsnetzwerkes. Dies geschieht anhand eines Szenarios, das über internationale Verrechnungssätze hinausgeht. Die internationale Dimension...

We provide a general procedure to deal with the airport slot allocation problem, which applies the principles underlying the Administered Incentive Pricing model for regulation of radio spectrum in electronic communications markets. In particular, we propose an incentive pricing mechanism that...

This paper proposes a self-contained reference for both policy makers and scholars who want to address the problem of efficiency and effectiveness of Local Public Transport (LPT) in a sound empirical way. Framing economic efficiency studies into a transport planning perspective, it offers a...