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Network Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis
Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
We discuss the benefits of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model in which platforms sell … Internet. When access is monopolized, we find that generally net neutrality regulation (that imposes zero fees "on the other … side" of the market) increases total industry surplus compared to the fully private optimum at which the monopoly platform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645362
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Monopoly and Allocative Efficiency with Stochastic Demand
Pousette, Tomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1983
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684480
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Open Versus Closed Platforms
Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
This paper studies an industry in which firms can choose to provide open or closed platforms. Open platforms, as opposed to closed, are extendable so third-party producers can develop extensions for them. Building on a two-sided market model, I show that firms might prefer to commit to keeping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645298
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Network Neutrality and Network Management Regulation: Quality of Service, Price Discrimination, and Exclusive Contracts
Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no …; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price discrimination but no exclusive contracts; and (iv) no regulation: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818542
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Predation and Mergers: Is Merger Law Couterproductive?.
Persson, L. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
This paper studies the interaction between the incentives for predation and mergers. I show that the incentive for predation in an oligopoly is limited by the subsequent competition for the prey. This bidding competition is especially fierce when the prey's assets exert strong negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639303
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Optimal Transmission Regulation in an Integrated Energy Market
Tangerås, Thomas P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
The capacity of the transmission network determines the extent of integration of a multinational energy market. Cross-border externalities render coordination of network maintenance and investments across countries valuable. Is it then optimal to collect powers in the hands of a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494014
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The Social Cost of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden
Fölster, Stefan; Peltzman, Sam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611584
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies in the last few decades? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the con.ict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963484
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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications
Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190638
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Regulation of Cost and Quality under Yardstick Competition
Tangerås, Thomas P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002
This paper analyses simultaneous regulation of cost and quality when firms have private, correlated information about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419539