.e. ladder of investment theory). Second, the price charged for local loop should increase over time in order to have a … significant investment in alternative platforms (i.e. the transitory entry assistance theory). The empirical analysis is carried … facility-based entry, casting some doubts on the ladder of investment theory. The short ladder version of the theory has …

The relationship between technical progress and price competition is a controversial issue in economics. This paper … highlights the fact that investment in technical progress is an authentic type of competition which benefits the consumers rather … than the industry. This type of competition exists when the potential for technical progress, which can be incorporated by …

or open access provision do have a positive contribution in markets with limited competition. However, the findings also …

incentives are positively related to the potential for technical progress. They also depend on market structure, competition …. As a result, the maximum consumer surplus as well as welfare occurs under imperfect competition and not under perfect … competition. …

the most important results of our analysis is to show how the competition patterns and regulatory policies impact in the … a significant impact of platform competition. . …

The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of … competition is generally not leading to acceleration in broadband diffusion. Second, with respect to intra-platform competition …, this has been analyzed at two different levels: full unbundling and retail competition. In the first case the competitor is …