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Network neutrality has recently been the topic of an important debate, in both the telecommunication and political worlds, because of its potential impact in every-day life. While there has been many studies discussing the advantages and drawbacks of neutrality, there is no game-theoretical...
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competition game, which models the price competition between the MNO and the MVNO; and a subscription game, which models the … value, for the bargain; Nash equilibrium, for the competition; and Wardrop equilibrium, for the subscription. The paper … assesses which conditions lead to an equilibrium where the competition does take place, which are expressed as restrictions for …
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is high, a single sender never discloses. Competition restores full disclosure only if some of the senders are … symmetric equilibria approach full disclosure as competition increases. …
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is made sufficiently salient. A higher predicted competitiveness of women induces more competition. Giving stronger …
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In this paper we consider a simple model of horizontal differentiation and derive the closed form solutions for the level of the variables in the decentralized economy and in the social planner case. This enables us to analyze consumers' welfare as a function of the parameter representing market...
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Current EU policy exempts horizontal R&D agreements from antitrust con- cerns when the combined market shares of participants are low enough. This paper argues that existing theory does not support limiting the exemption to low market shares. This is done by introducing a set of non-innovating...
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Commission. One aim might be to improve efficiency, another one might be to introduce competition, as a mean, precisely to … competition. The paper is organized as follows : First the various kinds of disputes are analyzed. They are presented according to … competition. …
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and outcome of the competition between a FLOSS firm and a proprietary firm. We discuss these results in the light of …
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The paper focuses on the influence of upstream competition for productivity outcomes in downstream sectors. This … imperfections in the production of intermediate goods. In this context, upstream market imperfections create barriers to competition …. Thus, lack of competition in upstream markets curbs incentives to improve productivity downstream, negatively affecting …
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develop a model of retail sales that takes into account competition intensity as well as assortment composition factors …We study the impact of local competition on assortments' attractiveness. The first aim of our paper is to provide a …
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