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On the Choice of Royalty Rule to Cover Fixed Costs in Input Joint Ventures

Fjell, Kenneth; Foros, Oystein; Kind, Hans Jarle - CESifo - 2013

incorporated. We find that tougher competition between the JV partners may actually increase channel profit under such a scheme. We …

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Competition in the Presence of Individual Demand Uncertainty

Möller, Marc; Watanabe, Makoto - CESifo - 2013

This paper sheds light on an empirical controversy about the effect of competition on price discrimination. We … shows that whether competition has a positive or negative effect on price dispersion depends on the level of demand …

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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies

Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

of the banana plants because of sufficiently low elasticity of demand. Using the cyclones of 2006 and 2011 as exogenous …

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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

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Net neutrality at internet backbone provider level

Baglioni, Laura; Calabrese, Armando; Ghiron, Nathan Levialdi - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

This paper analysis the Internet interconnection market and combine the main technical (i.e. service quality) and economic aspects (i.e. profits and utility) characterizing relations between market players (end users, EUs; Internet Service Providers, ISPs; Internet Backbone Providers, IBPs) in...

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The impact of regulation and competition on the adoption of fibre-based broadband services: Recent evidence from the European Union member states

Briglauer, Wolfgang - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

Fibre deployment of next-generation high-speed broadband networks is considered to be a decisive development for any information-based society, yet investment activities and especially the adoption of fibre-based broadband services take place only very gradually in most countries. This work...

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Mobile ecosystems in global transition: Driving factors of becoming a mobile ecosystem enabled. A comparison between the US and Japan

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Misawa, Kaori - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

lead mobile ecosystem evolution and how factors such as competition, regulation and profitability affects a carriers … ecosystems from the view point of market competition conditions and profit level by comparing the market condition of the US and …

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Incentive to invest in improving the quality in telecommunication industry

Jeanjean, François - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

incentives are positively related to the potential for technical progress. They also depend on market structure, competition …. As a result, the maximum consumer surplus as well as welfare occurs under imperfect competition and not under perfect … competition. …

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Is there a level of competition intensity that maximizes investment in the mobile telecommunications industry?

Houngbonon, Georges Vivien; Jeanjean, Francois - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

This paper empirically assesses the impact of the intensity of competition on investment in new technologies within the …-U relationship between competition intensity and investment. The intermediate level of competition intensity that maximizes … investment stands at 62 percent, whereby competition intensity is measured by 1-Lerner index at the firm level. This means that …

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A comparative case study of regulatory approaches in the US and Korea

Shin, Donghee; Kim, Namchul; Yoon, Hongsuk; Jeong, Jaeyeol - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

In this study, we compare and contrast the U.S. and Korea in the context of network neutrality, focusing on debates among stakeholders and regulatory approaches. Interesting similarities and differences are highlighted by comparisons within the broadband ecosystem framework: government...

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