Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/77661 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4277
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
telecommunication
regulation
infrastructure investment
wholesale broadband access
United Kingdom
JEL: 
L50
L96
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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