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The Effects of Regulation and Competition on the Price of AT&T Intrastate Telephone Service.

Journal of Regulatory Economics (impact factor: 0.84). 01/1990; 2(4):363-77. pp.363-77
Source: RePEc

ABSTRACT Using data on AT&T intrastate toll prices, this study examines the effect of changing regulatory practices and increased competition on AT&T pricing behavior in the intrastate long-distance telecommunications industry. The results suggest that, with some qualification, the price of AT&T telephone service is lower in states which have the longest history of departure from rate-of-return regulation. Moreover, the regulatory climate has a far more significant effect on AT&T prices than does competition. The paper outlines several possible explanations for these results. Copyright 1990 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Keywords

AT&T intrastate toll prices
 
AT&T prices
 
AT&T pricing behavior
 
AT&T telephone service
 
intrastate long-distance telecommunications industry
 
Kluwer Academic Publishers
 
longest history
 
possible explanations
 
rate-of-return regulation
 
states
 
study examines
 

Robert Kaestner