U.S. Public Policy toward Network Industries
Lawrence J. White
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
May 1997
New York University, Center for Law and Business, Working Paper No. 98-019
Abstract:
Industries that have important network features have long been a concern of public policy in the United States. This paper provides a framework for analyzing network industries and reviews the regulatory and antitrust history of the policies that have been applied. The paper highlights the successes of the deregulation limitations to the extent to which deregulation can proceed. The paper notes that antitrust will and should become more important for adjudicating disputes as formal regulation recedes but that an important concept for the antitrust treatment of network industries ? the "essential facilities doctrine" -- is badly in need of clarification.
JEL Classifications: L50, L51
Working Paper Series
Suggested Citation
White, Lawrence J., U.S. Public Policy toward Network Industries (May 1997). New York University, Center for Law and Business, Working Paper No. 98-019. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=164500 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.164500
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