System Building at the Margin
The Problem of Public Choice in the Telephone Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10102167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Lipartito (0000-0002-2161-8673, University of Houston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 323-336 |
| Publication date | 1989-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700007968 |
| OpenAlex | W1997447851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article considers whether natural monopoly conditions or AT'T's market power was responsible for the formation of a single, standardized network in the United States telephone industry. It shows that AT&T was able to move the industry towards a single system under its management through a strategy of competition and compromise with competitors. The article also examines the impact of AT's actions on state regulators, concluding that public officials, lacking necessary knowledge and authority to set policy, ended up supporting AT's position in the industry
Business · Competition (biology · Competitor analysis · Compromise · Economics · Electric power industry · Electricity · Industrial organization · Margin (machine learning · Market economy · Market power · Monopoly · Natural monopoly · Political science · Position (finance · Set (abstract data type · State (computer science · Engineering · Finance · ICT Impact and Policies · Law · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2011 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |