Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 1095-1109

Journal: Telecommunications Policy

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 11

ISSN: 0308-5961

eISSN: 1879-3258

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2013.03.001

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
This paper reexamines the effect of the regulatory regime on both penetration and coverage of broadband access to the internet. The framework allows for an evaluation of policy initiatives, guidelines and measures to bridge the digital divide and to promote investment. A welfare analysis compares service-based with facilities-based competition and asks whether and how high-speed access to the internet should be subsidized. Using an approach similar to Valletti, Barros, and Hoernig (2002), the paper highlights the importance of population density for whether firms invest to provide internet access. The analysis reveals a trade-off between coverage and penetration. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Goetz, G. (2013) Competition, regulation, and broadband access to the internet, Telecommunications Policy, 37(11), pp. 1095-1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2013.03.001

APA Citation style: Goetz, G. (2013). Competition, regulation, and broadband access to the internet. Telecommunications Policy. 37(11), 1095-1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2013.03.001