Regulation to promote competition: A first look at the FCC's implementation of the local competition provisions of the telecommunications act of 1996

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 103-117

  Brock, Gerald W ^a   Katz, Michael L ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Federalism; Interconnection; Local telephone competition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE;

BARGAINING; FEDERALISM; GUIDELINES; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERCONNECTION;

COMPETITION;

COMPETITION PROMOTION; LOCAL COMPETITION; REGULATORY APPROACH; TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT (1996); TELEPHONE SERVICES;

USA;

EID: 0031158778     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6245(97)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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