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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction
Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of … carriers), and we point to the real danger that the intent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134493
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Review of the Gas Access Regime
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
The Commission was asked to review the National Third Party Access Regime for Natural Gas Pipelines. The review sought to assess the benefits and costs of the Regime, including its effects on investment. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561783
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VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...
Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
build an alternative model to explain software piracy including the a forementioned variables. The results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126044
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOFTWARE PROTECTION AND PIRACY: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE
ANDRES, ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ - EconWPA - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412530
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Screening markets for cartel detection - collusive marker in the CFD cartel-audit
Lorenz, Christian - EconWPA - 2005
analysis and investigates whether they operate efficiently (See www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/cfd). The CFD cartel-audit should … cartels cause failures in the observed process patterns. The CFD cartel-audit attempts to draw conclusions from these process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076883
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A Dual Model of Cooperative Value
Feldman, Barry - EconWPA - 2002
An expanded model of value in cooperative games is presented in which value has either a linear or a proportional mode, and NTU value has either an input or an output basis. In TU games, the modes correspond to the Shapley (1953) and proportional (Feldman (1999) and Ortmann (2000)) values. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407563
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Pricing of Complementary Goods and Network Effects
Economides, Nicholas; Viard, Brian - EconWPA - 2004
We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of complementary goods provided either by it or by other firms. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by the existence of complementary goods, i.e., the extent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412872
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About the theory and empirical analysis of “the persistence of profit” and its applicability to Colombia
Ruiz, Isabel - EconWPA - 2005
This paper looks into the application of the theory of “the persistence of profits” and how it can be used to model manufacturing industries in Colombia. By explaining where the theory of “persistence of profits” comes from, what it is, and what its determinants are brief descriptions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412969
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The Coase Problem: A Transformation of the Usual Utility Function
Maçãs, Paulo - EconWPA - 2003
Given that demand for durable goods is not constant over time, we propose in this article a transformation of the utility function, which accounts for discrete time and for the effect of different levels of income in the utility of buying. With this, the original Coase paradox will collapse. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413295
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International Trade Policy towards Monopolies and Oligopolies
Kujal, Praveen; Ruiz, Juan - EconWPA - 2003
competing in a differentiated goods market. For a domestic monopoly, and increasing the number of foreign firms, the government … subsidize in equilibrium. Further, the results are robust to Cournot or Bertrand competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556503