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What Can We Learn from Comparative Institutional Analysis? The Case of Telecommunications

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  • Blankart, Charles B
  • Knieps, Gunter

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Why is there only partial deregulation of telecommunications in Germany and extensive deregulation in the United States? Purely economic reasons (e.g., economies of scale) are shown to be unsuitable for explaining the difference. A political-economic approach is then presented. In Germany, decisions on deregulation are centralized on the federal level, whereas they are distributed on the federal and state level in the United States. As a consequence, a different interest group representation is prevailing--promoting deregulation in the United States and impeding deregulation in Germany. Obstacles might be overcome in a compensation scheme embodying entry taxes and price subsidies. Copyright 1989 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG

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  • Blankart, Charles B & Knieps, Gunter, 1989. "What Can We Learn from Comparative Institutional Analysis? The Case of Telecommunications," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(4), pages 579-598.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:42:y:1989:i:4:p:579-98
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    1. Günter Knieps, 2004. "Privatisation of Network Industries in Germany: A Disaggregated Approach," CESifo Working Paper Series 1188, CESifo.
    2. Palovic, Martin, 2022. "Administrative congestion management meets electricity network regulation: Aligning incentives between the renewable generators and network operator," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    3. Birke, Franziska, 2007. "Universaldienstregulierung in der Telekommunikation heute: Herausforderungen, Chancen und Risiken ; ein historischer Ansatz," Discussion Papers 114, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    4. Knieps, Günter & Zenhäusern, Patrick, 2009. "Stepping stones and access holidays: The fallacies of regulatory micro-management," Discussion Papers 123, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    5. Segendorff, Björn, 1995. "The Telecommunication Market: A Survey of Theory and Empirics," Working Paper Series 442, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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