Does Bell Company Entry Into Long-Distance Telecommunications Benefit Consumers?
1 November 2002
By Dr. Gregory Leonard with Dr. Jerry Hausman and J. Gregory Sidak
This paper by NERA Senior Vice President Dr. Gregory Leonard with MIT Professor of Economics Dr. Jerry Hausman and J. Gregory Sidak, F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow in Law and Economics Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, evaluates the empirical effects of Bell operating companies (BOCs) entering into the provision of long-distance telecommunication service. The authors specifically analyzed BOC entry in New York and Texas, the first two states where Section 271 authorizations have been given. The authors found that BOC entry in these two states has led to consumer benefits in terms of lower interLATA long-distance call bills and greater effective choice for local exchange services.
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