00656nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000100001700019245011100036260005200147300001000199520031900209583001800528  a08.16.04 H7911  aHope, Hallam  aHansters and monopolies : a preliminary look at the challenges of regulating telecommunications monopolies  bCentral Bank of Barbadosa[St. Michael]BBc2008  a21 p.  aUses the analogy of hamsters and monopolies to investigate some of the emerging issues related to competition, regulation and interconnection.  Suggests that monopolies will defend their turf aggressively in the same way that a hamster will respond to the intrusion of another of its species in its monopoly space.  c3/22/10kJOYD