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Investment in Broadband Infrastructure Under Local Deregulation: Evidence from the U.K. Broadband Market

This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a 2008 reform. Controlling for initial conditions, first-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4277

Classification
Wirtschaft
Regulation and Industrial Policy: General
Telecommunications
Subject
telecommunication
regulation
infrastructure investment
wholesale broadband access
United Kingdom

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Fabritz, Nadine
Falck, Oliver
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2013

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Fabritz, Nadine
  • Falck, Oliver
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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