Ebook: Competition and Regulation in Telecommunications: Examining Germany and America
- Tags: Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Business Information Systems
- Year: 2001
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- pdf
This volume brings together academic economists and lawyers to evaluate and compare the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. The unifying theme in all of the pa pers is that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an ap propriate regulatory framework. Because the European and American telecommunications markets are becoming more intertwined each day, the issues addressed in this volume will be topical to the business, government, and academic communities for some time. For the chairman of the Monopoly Commission, Wernhard Moschel, the opening of the German telecommunications market has been successful in principle. This is clearly recognizable in the case of the competition in long-distance transport. Based on the view that the regulatory authority should make itself obsolete, Professor Moschel advocates an incremental review and gradual reduction of regulation.
This volume brings together academic economists and lawyers to evaluate and compare the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. The unifying theme in all of the papers is that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an appropriate regulatory framework. Because the European and American telecommunications markets are becoming more intertwined each day, the issues addressed in this volume will be topical to the business, government, and academic communities for some time.
The publication of these papers will make important research accessible to a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, enrich the public discussion, and thereby contribute to the continuing development of public policy in the dynamic area of telecommunications.
This volume brings together academic economists and lawyers to evaluate and compare the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. The unifying theme in all of the papers is that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an appropriate regulatory framework. Because the European and American telecommunications markets are becoming more intertwined each day, the issues addressed in this volume will be topical to the business, government, and academic communities for some time.
The publication of these papers will make important research accessible to a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, enrich the public discussion, and thereby contribute to the continuing development of public policy in the dynamic area of telecommunications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Tangled Telecommunications Regulation....Pages 1-13
The Path to Competition for Telecommunications in Germany....Pages 15-39
Costing and Pricing in Liberalized Telecommunications Markets....Pages 41-49
Regulation by TSLRIC: Economic Effects on Investment and Innovation....Pages 51-67
What is Wrong with American Telecommunications?....Pages 69-77
Back Matter....Pages 79-83
This volume brings together academic economists and lawyers to evaluate and compare the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. The unifying theme in all of the papers is that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an appropriate regulatory framework. Because the European and American telecommunications markets are becoming more intertwined each day, the issues addressed in this volume will be topical to the business, government, and academic communities for some time.
The publication of these papers will make important research accessible to a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, enrich the public discussion, and thereby contribute to the continuing development of public policy in the dynamic area of telecommunications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Tangled Telecommunications Regulation....Pages 1-13
The Path to Competition for Telecommunications in Germany....Pages 15-39
Costing and Pricing in Liberalized Telecommunications Markets....Pages 41-49
Regulation by TSLRIC: Economic Effects on Investment and Innovation....Pages 51-67
What is Wrong with American Telecommunications?....Pages 69-77
Back Matter....Pages 79-83
....