PanAmSat's proposed entry into the UK: Some implications
UK policy on competition in telecommunications markets had pressure put on it to evolve by PanAmSat, which hoped to enter the UK market. This article examines the relative positions of the USA and the UK vis-a-vis innovation in telecoms regulation. It analyses the evolution of UK competition policy, the role of Professor Carsberg and Oftel in allowing PanAmSat to pass through the regulatory needle, and future implications of the pro-competition leanings of the UK.
Evaluating Intelsat's performance and prospects: Conceptual paradigms and empirical investigations
This article summarizes recent research on the past performance and future prospects of Intelsat. In its early years discussion focused mainly on the dominant position within the organization of the USA. More recently Intelsat's monopoly position has been challenged to a certain extent by direct competition, the potential of submarine fibre optic cables, the effects of domestic deregulation in member countries and others factors. The author examines five paradigms which have been proposed to account for Intelsat's behaviour to date, and concludes by summarizing several recommendations for ensuring the organization's long-term financial and political viability.
Evidence of spurious results along with spatially autocorrelated errors in the context of geographically weighted regression for two independent SAR(1) processes
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine the performance of the geographically weighted regression (GWR) technique in terms of recognizing linear relationships at the local level. Using a Monte Carlo analysis with two independent spatially autocorrelated SAR(1) processes, this study finds that spurious behavior exists at the local level along with spatially autocorrelated errors. Therefore, GWR estimation results must be interpreted with caution.
