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Bringing Competition to Telecommunications by Divesting the RBOCs

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Research and Regulated Industries, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, USA

    Michael A. Crew (Professor of Economics and Director)

  2. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Paul R. Kleindorfer (Anheuser Busch Professor of Management Science and Economics and Co-Director of Center for Risk Management)

  3. PacWest Telecommunications, USA

    John Sumpter (Vice President - Regulatory)

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Research in Regulated Industries Rutgers Business School — Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Michel A. Crew (Editor), Michael A. Crew  & Menahem Spiegel (Editor),  & 

  2. Center for Research in Regulated Industries Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey, USA

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Crew, M.A., Kleindorfer, P.R., Sumpter, J. (2005). Bringing Competition to Telecommunications by Divesting the RBOCs. In: Crew, M.A., Crew, M.A., Spiegel, M. (eds) Obtaining the Best from Regulation and Competition. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, vol 47. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23196-X_2

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