Cost Proxy Models and Telecommunications Policy A New Empirical Approach to Regulation
| Author/creator | Gasmi, Farid Author |
| Other author | Kennet, D. Mark Author |
| Other author | Laffont, Jean-Jacques Author |
| Other author | Sharkey, William W. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 274 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | Regulation of Economic Activity Ser. Vol. 22 |
| Summary | Annotation <p>The telecommunications industry defies easy characterization. The long-distance sector is highly competitive and the local exchange sector much less so, while digital transmission and switching have blurred the distinction between traditional voice communication and the transmission of video and data messages. Regulation of this industry has generally been considered necessary because it has aspects of a natural monopoly.This book takes an empirical approach to natural monopoly and the need for regulation of telecommunications. The centerpiece of the analysis is a sophisticated engineering cost proxy model, the local exchange cost optimization model (LECOM). The book, which is largely methodological, shows that a combination of LECOM, econometrics, and simulations can aid policy discussion of such contentious issues as incentive regulation, natural monopolies, estimating the cost of interconnection among networks, and the obligation of universal service. The book presents a theoretical framework to explain the incentives of firms and the power of regulation and then uses LECOM to test the theoretical implications. The work is unusual in that it applies the foundations of regulation theory to a model of an industry rather than applying econometric theory to historical cost data. The book includes a CD-ROM containing the data set the authors used to analyze their model.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002024611 |
| ISBN | 9780262072373 |
| ISBN | 0262072378 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262072373 |
| Stock number | 00015994 |
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