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PROMOTING INNOVATION AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO BUSINESSES
Author(s) -
GABEL DAVID J.,
GUANGLIH HUANG KENNETH
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2007.00064.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , software deployment , commission , business , industrial organization , market power , telecommunications , economics , finance , market economy , ecology , computer science , biology , operating system , monopoly
This paper examines the concomitant effects that competition, regulation, market characteristics, and corporate ownership have on the deployment of advanced telecommunications services (ATS) to business customers through the econometric analysis of a rich data set that identifies the competitive, regulatory, and economic climate for each incumbent’s wire center in the United States. The authors conclude that local competition, inter‐LATA (local access and transport area) approval by the Federal Communications Commission, and high unbundled network element price to embedded cost ratios have positive impacts on the deployment of ATS, while voluntary federal price cap regulation and location in a rural area have negative impacts. ( JEL L51, O32, M21)