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In this paper, we present the different cost sharing methods one can find in the economic literature. We regroup the methods into three sets : the proportional methods, the cooperative game theory methods and the serial cost sharing methods. All those methods are presented through the stylized...
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It is important that the choice of a cost sharing method be made on the basis of its general equity and consistency properties rather than on the basis of the results it may generate in a given application. In this paper, we partition the different methods according to whether they satisfy a...
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pricing. In this case, there is only one price for each good or service, although prices may vary from one category of …
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In this document, we present the notion of a cost game, defined as a cooperative game where the gain from cooperation is the cost reduction obtained when the projects of a set of agents are realized in a coordinated way. The problem is then to decide how this gain will be shared among agents or...
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In this paper, we present the main solution concepts for cooperative games, which have been used in the context of cost games. We put a special emphasis on the concept of core. We also present the concepts of semicore, von Neumann-Morgenstern stable set, nucleolus and Shapley value. However, we...
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performances and pricing. We estimate those models on French panel data. We find that the choice by the local authority depends on …
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services in order to compare their performance and pricing. We estimate the models from panel data in France. We show that the …
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French water school"": the organization of the sector, the public service nature of the activities and the regulation system …
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through which competition can be introduced in telecommunications markets, that is the access pricing rules. I compare the … efficient component pricing rule, the Ramsay pricing rule, the global price cap rule, and show how the latter could in fact be … increasing competition with soft or light-handed regulation. I then conclude by raising some neglected albeit important issues …
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competitors, and finally we comment on the above interventions in light of the economic theory of regulation and the theory of …
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