Toward competition in local telephony

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Toward competition in local telephony

William J. Baumol, J. Gregory Sidak

(AEI studies in telecommunications deregulation)

MIT Press , American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, c1994

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Bibliography: p. [149]-157

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Local telephone companies have long been extensively regulated as natural monopolies. Technological innovation and the prospect for lifting regulatory barriers to entry, however, now expose at least some portions of the local exchange to competition from cable television systems, wireless telephony, and rival wireline systems. William Baumol and Gregory Sidak examine how telecommunications regulation can be designed to adapt automatically as the market becomes increasingly competitive and ask, if certain parts of local telephony remain naturally monopolistic, how can regulators protect consumers against cross-subsidy, predatory pricing, and price discrimination? How should a local exchange carrier that is a natural monopoly in some activities be permitted to price necessary inputs it sells to its competitors in the market for the final telecommunications products? The economic analysis that the authors employ to answer these questions can apply to any network industry.

目次

  • Actual and prospective competition in local telephony
  • regulating local telecommuncation - some basic principles
  • regulating the pricing of final products - preliminary concepts
  • price floors for final products
  • price ceilings for final products
  • the pricing of inputs sold to competitors
  • policies to promote entry
  • conclusion - toward a revised regulatory system.

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