Telecommunications Liberation on Two Sides of the Atlantic

ISBN 10: 0815702310 / ISBN 13: 9780815702313

Published by AEI Press, 2001

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9780815702313

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Telecommunications Liberation on Two Sides of the Atlantic
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815702310
• ISBN 13: 9780815702313
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This essential volume tracks the sweeping telecommunications liberalization and regulatory reform that transformed markets across North America and Europe in the 1990s, as economists Robert W. Crandall and Martin Cave analyze how the electronics revolution forced the United States, Canada, and the European Union to dismantle monopolies, open markets to competition, and reshape rate structures. An indispensable account of telecommunications policy reform, market liberalization, and international trade for anyone seeking to understand the forces still shaping today's global telecom landscape.

In response to the whirlwind electronics revolution of the 1990's, the European Union, Canada, and the United States launched new liberalization policies aimed at opening all telecommunications markets to competition. This report presents two views of the progress towards competition one for North America and one for Europe.

About the Author

Martin Cave is a regulatory economist specialising in the network industries, including airports, broadcasting, energy, posts, railways, telecommunications and water. Previously, he held the BP Centennial Chair at the London School of Economics. Robert W. Crandall is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution, where his research has focused on telecommunications and cable television regulation, industrial organization and policy, and the changing regional structure of the U.S. economy. His previous books include Broadband: Should We Regulate Internet Access? (Brookings, 2002), Telecommunications Liberalization on Two Sides of the Atlantic (Brookings, 2001) and Who Pays for Universal Service? (Brookings, 2000).