Ex ante margin squeeze tests in the telecommunications industry: What is a reasonably efficient operator?

Germain Gaudin and Claudia Saavedra V. ()

Telecommunications Policy, 2014, vol. 38, issue 2, 157-172

Abstract: This paper studies the implementation of Reasonably Efficient Operator margin squeeze tests by National Regulatory Authorities in European telecommunications markets. It provides a theoretical framework which shows how regulatory authorities deal with the asymmetries between entrants and incumbents by adjusting the Equally Efficient Operator margin squeeze test used in competition policy. Using this framework, this paper presents a benchmark of implementation choices by inspecting authorities' guidelines, market analyses, and decisions. Whereas some implementation choices are very similar across authorities' decisions, some others display a strong heterogeneity.

Keywords: Margin squeeze; Imputation test; Regulation; Telecommunications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2013.08.005

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