Distorted access regulation with strategic investments: Regulatory non-commitment and spillovers revisited

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-131

  Mizuno, Keizo ^a   Yoshino, Ichiro ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Access charge; Regulatory non commitment; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CHARGES; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT COSTS; REGULATORY NON-COMMITMENT; SPILLOVERS; STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS; STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY;

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

INVESTMENTS;

INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84861333199     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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