Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67955 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
23rd European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Vienna, Austria, 1st-4th July, 2012
Publisher: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Abstract: 
We study the implementation of reasonably efficient operator margin squeeze tests by National Regulatory Authorities in European telecommunications markets. We provide a theoretical framework in which we show how regulatory authorities deal with the asymmetries between the entrants and the incumbent by adjusting the equally efficient operator margin squeeze test used in competition policy. Using this framework, we build a benchmark of implementation choices by inspecting authorities' guidelines, market analyses and decisions. We find that some implementation choices are very similar across the authorities' decisions, whereas some others are dealt with quite heterogeneously.
Subjects: 
Margin squeeze
Imputation test
Regulation
Telecommunications
JEL: 
L51
L96
Additional Information: 
Revised Version: December 20, 2012
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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