David Flacher
University of Paris
39 Papers
145 Citations
David Flacher is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Investment (macroeconomics) & Liberalization. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 37 publications. Previous affiliations of David Flacher include Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
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Papers
Access regulation and infrastructure investment in the mobile telecommunications industry
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of MVNO entry and access regulation on the investment behavior of MNOs and found that mandated provision of access is related to lower investment intensity of the MNO, while voluntary access has no effect.
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Financing Higher Education: A Contributory Scheme
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the higher education financing based on the classical contributory versus self-funded pension funding scheme and provide a brief discussion of how a system based on student debt can be seen 'funded' and why it fails to ensure equity and efficiency and funding for the longer term.
Competition and investment in telecommunications: Does competition have the same impact on investment by private and state-owned firms?
TL;DR: An empirical study of the infrastructure investment of 20 incumbent telecommunications operators in OECD countries between 1994 and 2008 concludes that greater competitive pressure fosters infrastructure investment by state-owned incumbents but reduces investment by private incumbents.
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Tuition fees and social segregation: lessons from a natural experiment at the University of Paris 9-Dauphine
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of tuition fees on students' pathways and outcomes is studied. But, contrary to what some of the studies assert, the rise does not appear to encourage greater effort: they find no impact on the graduation success rate.
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Tuition fees, self-esteem and social heterogeneity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors add the heterogeneity of the population to this model and show that this heterogeneity means that the perception of skills among a part of a population is biased and underestimates the capabilities of its members to succeed in the higher education system.