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Article: Incentives for cost shifting and misreporting: US rural universal service subsidies, 1991-2002
Title | Incentives for cost shifting and misreporting: US rural universal service subsidies, 1991-2002 |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Telecommunications High cost subsidies Universal service |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Elsevier. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676245 |
Citation | Information Economics and Policy, 2011, v. 23 n. 3-4, p. 287-295 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The US high cost loop support (HCLS) program, formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF), has been a key component of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) program to promote telephone access in rural, high cost areas. This study uses data from 1136 rural telecom firms in 50 states between 1991 and 2002 to test the impact of the HCLS subsidy system on reported costs. Our findings suggest that firms in higher reimbursement threshold tend to report higher costs to the FCC in order to qualify for higher support payments. We also find that the capping of total available subsidy funds increased the incentive to overstate or misclassify costs. Overall, our results suggest that this billion-dollar program deserves closer scrutiny than it receives at present. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192339 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.511 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Berg, SV | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, L | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, C | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-24T01:50:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-24T01:50:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Information Economics and Policy, 2011, v. 23 n. 3-4, p. 287-295 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-6245 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192339 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The US high cost loop support (HCLS) program, formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF), has been a key component of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) program to promote telephone access in rural, high cost areas. This study uses data from 1136 rural telecom firms in 50 states between 1991 and 2002 to test the impact of the HCLS subsidy system on reported costs. Our findings suggest that firms in higher reimbursement threshold tend to report higher costs to the FCC in order to qualify for higher support payments. We also find that the capping of total available subsidy funds increased the incentive to overstate or misclassify costs. Overall, our results suggest that this billion-dollar program deserves closer scrutiny than it receives at present. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676245 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Information Economics and Policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Telecommunications | - |
dc.subject | High cost subsidies | - |
dc.subject | Universal service | - |
dc.title | Incentives for cost shifting and misreporting: US rural universal service subsidies, 1991-2002 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2011.09.001 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-82555170318 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3-4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 287 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 295 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000298069700008 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0167-6245 | - |