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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"rate of return regulation"”.
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Productivity of the Regional Bell Operating Companies Under Rate-of-Return and Price-Cap Regulation
… Commission began regulating the tariffed rates of the nation's largest local exchange carriers under a new regulatory scheme: price-cap regulation. Price caps were intended to "remedy" the ills of traditional rate-of-return regulation. They were to provide incentive for the telephone …
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Examining telecommunication industry efficiencies in light of regulatory reform
… Industry efficiencies in the face of recent regulatory reforms; Regulation was believed to be required because of the telecommunications industry's apparent natural monopoly. The promise of regulation was to act as a surrogate to competition in controlling the monopolist. Regulation …
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Three empirical essays on mergers and regulation in the telecommunications industry
This empirical dissertation consists of three essays on mergers and regulation in the U.S. telecommunications industry. An abstract for each of the three essays follows. Essay 1: This study has attempted to measure the productivity growth associated with 25 incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) …
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Impact of local competition and regulation on deployment of advanced telecommunications services for businesses
After a decade of development, advanced telecommunications services (ATS) are widely available in many markets. This thesis is concerned with the impact of local competition and government regulation on the deployment of advanced telecommunications services for business in the United States. These …
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Intrastate telephone regulation: a public choice approach
Most discussions of telephone rate of return regulation center upon the regulatory effects of the Federal Communication Commission. Little attention is given to the regulatory activities of the state utility commissions. Even when attention is directed toward state commissions, little of it is …