کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
969566 1479498 2006 25 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Universal service obligations in LDCs: The effect of uniform pricing on infrastructure access
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Universal service obligations in LDCs: The effect of uniform pricing on infrastructure access
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper develops a model to analyze the impacts of asymmetric information on optimal universal service policy in the public utilities of developing countries. Optimal universal service policy is implemented using two regulatory instruments: pricing and network investment. Under discriminatory pricing asymmetric information leads to a higher price and smaller network in the rural area than under full information. Under uniform pricing the price is also lower but the network is even smaller. In addition, under both pricing regimes not only the firm but also taxpayers have incentives to collude with the regulator.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 90, Issues 6–7, August 2006, Pages 1155–1179
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