This paper presents a model of private bilateral and multilateral peering arrangements between Internet backbone … market affect backbones' investments in network and peering point capacities. We show that network and peering point … providers when the network is congested. We study how different forms of interconnection and the competitive conditions of the …

We consider a model with two backbones and a finite number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) connected to the … backbones. ISPs decide on private peering agreements, comparing the benefits of private peering to costs. Intra-backbone peering … refers to peering between ISPs connected to the same backbone, whereas inter-backbone peering refers to peering between ISPs …

We consider a model with two backbones and a finite number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) connected to the … backbones. ISPs decide on private peering agreements, comparing the benefits of private peering to costs. Intra-backbone peering … refers to peering between ISPs connected to the same backbone, whereas inter-backbone peering refers to peering between ISPs …

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing of digitization and the emergence of Internet … the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of …

regulation in light of this; and examine mechanisms to improve third party access. …

this paper we use data from Kenya and Tanzania to estimate returns to education for manufacturing workers and examine how … convexity amongst the young. We also find evidence of increasing convexity over the 1990s in Tanzania, but remarkable stability …