The Costs and Benefits of Long-Distance Entry: Regulation and Non-Price Discrimination |
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Authors: | Weisman Dennis L Williams Michael A |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-4001, U.S.A.;(2) PM Industrial Economics, 2200 Powell St. Suite 1080, Emeryville, CA, 94608, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A primary goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act isto encourage competition in long-distance telephonemarkets. Four years after passage of thislegislation, Bell Operating Companies (``BOCs') havebeen granted permission to offer long-distanceservices in only one state. The regulatory barrier toentry is justified on grounds that the BOCs have theability to discriminate against incumbentlong-distance carriers in the provision of essentialaccess services. We take this premise as given andquantify the critical level of discrimination requiredto offset the positive consumers' surplus gainsassociated with the enhanced competition resultingfrom BOC entry into long-distance markets. |
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Keywords: | Consumers' surplus discrimination entry Telecommunications Act |
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