Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting?
This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line-sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. Although both series are well explained by the models, the principal contribution of the research is that economic, institutional and political factors explain mandated wholesale rate settings. The stud...
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| author | Madden, Gary Dippon, C. Suenaga, Hiroaki |
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| description | This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line-sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. Although both series are well explained by the models, the principal contribution of the research is that economic, institutional and political factors explain mandated wholesale rate settings. The study finds evidence of both regulatory capture (to benefit incumbents) and retail margin setting to encourage entry (to benefit entrants). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-208912017-09-13T13:51:44Z Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? Madden, Gary Dippon, C. Suenaga, Hiroaki This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line-sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. Although both series are well explained by the models, the principal contribution of the research is that economic, institutional and political factors explain mandated wholesale rate settings. The study finds evidence of both regulatory capture (to benefit incumbents) and retail margin setting to encourage entry (to benefit entrants). 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20891 10.1080/00036846.2016.1145348 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Madden, Gary Dippon, C. Suenaga, Hiroaki Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title | Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title_full | Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title_fullStr | Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title_short | Do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| title_sort | do economic, institutional or political variables explain regulated wholesale unbundled local loop rate setting? |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20891 |