Public Policy Toward Cable Television: The Economics of Rate (AEI Studies in Telecommunications Deregulation)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262082535 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hazlett is Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Director, Program on Telecommunications Policy, University of California at Davis. Matthew L. Dalessi Professor of Law at The University of Southern California and Professor of Law and Social Science at The California Institute of Technology. . Thomas W. Spitzer is William T
Hazlett and Spitzer argue that the net impact of regulation has been negative - increasing transaction costs and encouraging rent-seeking behaviour - so that rate regulation is ineffectual as a consumer protection policy in cable television markets. By comparing how rates, quality and volume changed during the periods of deregulation and reregulation in the cable industry, the authors show that cable rate regulation deals with a real problem, monopoly power in local cable markets, but has typically proven perverse in effect. The major challenge in regulating cable rates is that for whatever price level is set, cable operators may respond in countless ways - shifting their offerings, their investments, the price they dema
About the Author Thomas W. Matthew L. Dalessi Professor of Law at The University of Southern California and Professor of Law and Social Science at The California Institute of Technology. . Hazlett is Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Director, Program on Telecommunications Policy, University of California at Davis. Spitzer is William T
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