Measuring the impact of market competition analysis process in EU׳s electronic communications sector: Catalyst or impediment towards market competition?

Polykalas, Spyros E.; Prezerakos, George N.

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2014.08.004

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“…Given the overwhelming evidence of positive impacts of the broadband technologies and the indubitable opportunities of business in this sector, the regulation of this and related markets became essential. For example, Polykalas and Prezarakos (2015) verified that the Common Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications promotes competition in the EU. In a theoretical and insightful work, Haucap and Klein (2012) proved that network regulation negatively affects investment incentives in the network market; however, the effects on investment in complementary services can be either negative or positive depending on the weight assigned by consumers to infrastructure vs service quality.…”

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Stimulating broadband adoption: state-owned companies versus tax exemptions – the Brazilian case

Baigorri

Maldonado

2018

JES

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new methodology to assess the economic and social impacts of policies to promote mass access to the internet in fixed broadband. The authors apply the methodology to the Brazilian broadband market. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, municipal information concerning the provision of EILD is used, and then a stylized model of definition of service penetration based on information regarding the price, the distribution of income and the number of households served is proposed. Findings The results indicate that cost reduction policies are more effective than measures to promote competition through the introduction of state-owned enterprises in the telecommunication market for broadband service. On the other hand, the results also indicate that the federal and state governments face a dilemma between broadband policy and tax policy. Originality/value This is a new and original methodology to model the broadband market demand, which is useful to assess the impact of regulation policies in the sector as well as structural changes in that market.

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