Competition and regulation in telecommunications : examining Germany and America / edited by J. Gregory Sidak, Christoph Engel, Günter Knieps.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sidak, J. Gregory.

Engel, Christoph, 1956-

Knieps, Günter

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication policy--Germany.

Telecommunication policy.

Telecommunication policy--United States.

United States.

Germany.

Physical Description:

x, 83 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2001]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Tangled telecommunications regulation / Wernhard Möschel

The path to competition for telecommunications in Germany / Christoph Engel

Costing and pricing in liberalized telecommunications markets / Günter Knieps

Regulation by TSLRIC : economic effects on investment and innovation / Jerry A. Hausman

What is wrong with American telecommunications? / Paul W. MacAvoy, J. Gregory Sidak.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0792379152

OCLC:

44774889