00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.864447 CaOODSP 20221107161537 cr ||||||||||| 181108s1981 onc #ot f|0| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- EC24-11/7-1981E-PDF Fuss, Melvyn A. The regulation of telecommunications in Canada [electronic resource] / by Melvyn Fuss and Leonard Waverman. Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1981. Technical report - Economic Council of Canada, 0225-8013 ; no. 7 "March 1981." Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate]. Includes bibliographic references. "A primary concern of public policy decision-makers is the extent to which the telecommunications sector is a natural monopoly, hence perhaps rendering competition undesirable. A secondary concern relates to the structure of rates charged for the various services of telecommunications firms. Are these rates efficient and equitable? If not, what would be a desirable change in the rate structure? This study has considered both of the above telecommunications issues using data drawn from Bell Canada's production and financial accounts. We have conducted empirical tests of the natural monopoly hypothesis and investigated the welfare aspects of the current rate structure and several potential alternative structures"--Summary, p. viii. Includes abstract in French. gccst Telecommunications policy gccst Regulations gccst Competition Waverman, Leonard, 1941- Economic Council of Canada. Technical report (Economic Council of Canada) 0225-8013 ; no. 7. (CaOODSP)9.855538 PDF 13.86 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/ecc/EC24-11-7-1981-eng.pdf