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Deregulating Telecommunications: The Baby Bells Case for Competition
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Richard S. Higgins (Capital Economics Inc.) Paul H. Rubin (Emory University, Atlanta)

Deregulating Telecommunications

The Baby Bells Case for Competition

Richard S. Higgins (Capital Economics Inc.),  Paul H. Rubin (Emory University, Atlanta)

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English
John Wiley & Sons Inc
28 September 1995
Postal & telecommunications industries
Series: Wiley Series in Managerial Economics
In 1984, the Department of Justice settled its antitrust caseagainst AT&T. The agreement, embedded in the Modification ofFinal Judgment, led to a divestiture of the local telephoneexchanges from AT&T to the Regional Bell Operating Companies(known as the Baby Bells ). This agreement gave unprecedented powerover a major US industry to one man, Judge Harold Greene of the USDistrict Court of the District of Columbia. The Baby Bells couldnot enter any line of business without approval from Judge Greene.

With technological change it became increasingly desirable for theBaby Bells to enter different lines of business, but each attemptwas subject to legal challenge and lengthy, costly litigation. In1994, the Baby Bells mounted a major legal challenge to theModification of Final Judgement (MFJ). As part of their strategy,they asked leading scholars in the field to examine the costs andbenefits of the MFJ and provide evidence in the form of affidavitsregarding its effect. Using a cost-benefit framework, theconclusion of the analysis is that the MFJ should be vacated andcompetition should be allowed in the industry. DeregulatingTelecommunications draws together a group of leading practitionersand academics in the fields of regulation, industrial organisationand antitrust to explore:

A cost-benefit analysis of the 1984 AT&T antitrust settlement Theoretical and empirical studies that analyse the results of thesettlement from its inception in 1984 to 1994 An explanation for the recent policy decisions to reduce theamount of regulation in telecommunications Analysis vital to predicting the results of any deregulation intelecommunications in the future

This book will prove invaluable to economists interested intelecommunications, as well as those interested in antitrust and in regulation.
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Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 196mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   737g
ISBN:   9780471962953
ISBN 10:   0471962953
Series:   Wiley Series in Managerial Economics
Pages:   225
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Richard S. Higgins is the author of Deregulating Telecommunications: The Baby Bells Case for Competition, published by Wiley. Paul Harold Rubin is an American economist and the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics at Emory University. He was President of the Southern Economic Association in 2012-2013. He is also a research fellow at The Independent Institute.

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