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Broadband investment and regulation: A literature review
Carlo Cambini,Yanyan Jiang +1 more
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In this paper, the authors survey the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between regulation, at both retail and wholesale level, and investment in telecoms infrastructures, and conclude that the picture that emerges is not conclusive, and further research is still needed, both theoretically and empirically, to better understand the real impact of regulatory incentives on investments.About:
This article is published in Telecommunications Policy.The article was published on 2009-11-01. It has received 385 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Open-ended investment company & Investment (macroeconomics).read more
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Rural development in the digital age: A systematic literature review on unequal ICT availability, adoption, and use in rural areas
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic review of 157 papers on digital developments and rural development in advanced countries, focusing on the general conclusions, in order to better understand the potential impacts of the coming Next Generation Access revolution.
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Information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and economic growth: A causality evinced by cross-country panel data
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between per capita real GDP, information and communication technology infrastructure, consumer price index, labour force participation rate, and gross fixed capital formation manifest in G-20 countries recorded for the 2001-2012 period.
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Is the demographic dividend an education dividend
TL;DR: Using a global panel of countries, it is found that after the effect of human capital dynamics is controlled for, no evidence exists that changes in age structure affect labor productivity and that improvements in educational attainment are the key to explaining productivity and income growth.
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Regulation, Public Policy, and Investment in Communications Infrastructure
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a broader, integrated framework to analyze the effects of regulatory and other public policy choices on sector investment and found that, due to the multi-faceted effects of regulation measures, fiscal and monetary policy is preferable to regulatory measures to create short term economic stimulus.
What drives investment in telecommunications? the role of regulation, firms' internationalization and market knowledge *
Daniel Montolio,Elisa Trujillo +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors classify the firms operating in the European telecommunications market according to their degree of internationalization and market knowledge, and test the effects of this classification and the existence of access regulation on infrastructure investment in European broadband markets.
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Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and Cyclical Investment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors build on the theory of irreversible choice under uncertainty to explain cyclical investment fluctuations and show that when individual projects are irreversible, agents must make investment timing decisions that trade off the extra returns from early commitment against the benefits of increased information gained by waiting.
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Behavior of the firm under regulatory constraint
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss several of Takayama's criticisms in addition to showing that the so-called "A-J Effect" cannot be derived from the basic assumptions made by both Averch and Johnson and also present a new formulation which leads to the A-J result quoted above.
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The Economics of Networks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the salient features of networks and point out the similarities between the economic structure of network and the structure of vertically related industries, focusing on positive consumption and production externalities, commonly called network externalities.
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Telecommunications Infrastructure & Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how telecommunications infrastructure affects economic growth and find evidence of a significant positive causal link, especially when a critical mass of telecommunications infrastructure is present, in 21 OECD countries over a twenty-year period.
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Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors untersucht, how Telekommunikations-Infrastruktur auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ausubt.