1997
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6435.00019
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Phasing out Sector‐Specific Regulation in Competitive Telecommunications

Abstract: SUMMARY After overall entry deregulation, regulation of market power can only be justified in local telecommunication networks as long as they constitute monopolistic bottlenecks. Technical progress leads to a gradual disappearance of monopolistic bottlenecks, pointing out the large potential for economically efficient phasing out of sector‐specific regulation. In contrast, all forms of asymmetric regulation containing an intrinsic bias towards some firms or technologies have a strong tendency towards overregu… Show more

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“…Regulatory economics so far has developed well founded principles to establish sector-specific regulation in network sectors. The disaggregated approach is a tailor-made concept for disciplining market power in network industries (Knieps, 1997). According to the concept of the monopolistic bottleneck, stable network-specific market power exists in those areas that cannot be disciplined by active or potential competition.…”
Section: Regulation Of Network-specific Market Powermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regulatory economics so far has developed well founded principles to establish sector-specific regulation in network sectors. The disaggregated approach is a tailor-made concept for disciplining market power in network industries (Knieps, 1997). According to the concept of the monopolistic bottleneck, stable network-specific market power exists in those areas that cannot be disciplined by active or potential competition.…”
Section: Regulation Of Network-specific Market Powermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…z.B. Knieps, 1997, Haucap und Kruse, 2004, Möschel, 2008 sprich die Penetrationsrate im Mobilfunk, sinkt, in der Literatur finden sich jedoch zunehmend Hinweise darauf, dass eben dies nicht der Fall ist (vgl. Littlechild, 2006;Dewenter und Kruse, 2010 13 Vorschläge dazu finden sich bei Haucap und Kühling (2006.…”
Section: Perspektiven Für Ein Auslaufen Der Regulierungunclassified
“…When a natural monopoly situation (due to economies of scale and scope) arises in combination with sunk costs, so that entry and exit are not free, a monopolistic bottleneck with network specific market power emerges (Knieps, 1997). A natural monopoly exists when a single provider is able to serve the relevant market at lower costs than several providers.…”
Section: Localization Of Network Specific Market Powermentioning
confidence: 99%