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The Deregulation of the Telephone Industry: The Lessons from the U.S. Railroad Deregulation Experience

Lawrence J. White
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

March 1998

New York University, Center for Law and Business, Working Paper No. 98-016

Abstract:
The deregulation of the telephone industry has been a major task of public policy for the past two decades. There have been some outstanding achievements but also some serious frustrations ? especially in the deregulation of local telephone service. This paper notes the parallels (as well as the differences) between the experience of railroad deregulation to distill and the lessons for and limits of telephone deregulation.

JEL Classifications: L96

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Date posted: July 10, 1999 ; Last revised: July 13, 1999

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White, Lawrence J., The Deregulation of the Telephone Industry: The Lessons from the U.S. Railroad Deregulation Experience (March 1998). New York University, Center for Law and Business, Working Paper No. 98-016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=164497 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.164497

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New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business ( email )

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