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Imperfect Platform Competition: A General Framework
White, Alexander; Weyl, E. Glen - NET Institute - 2010
oligopoly without the unrealistic restrictions typically imposed for tractability and to demonstrate that the fundamental …
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Competition in Prices and Service Level Guarantees
Johari, Ramesh; Weintraub, Gabriel - NET Institute - 2007
In this paper we study the implications of service level guarantees (SLGs) in a model of oligopoly competition where … oligopoly models of price competition, greatly simplifying the analysis of this otherwise complex competitive scenario. Notably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005184809
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Network Neutrality and Network Management Regulation: Quality of Service, Price Discrimination, and Exclusive Contracts
Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - NET Institute - 2011
We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
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The Economics of Network Neutrality
Economides, Nicholas; Hermalin, Benjamin - NET Institute - 2010
Pricing of Internet access has been characterized by two properties. Parties are directly billed only by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which they connect to the Internet and the ISP charges them on the basis of the amount of information transmitted rather than its content. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008763998
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A Steady State Approach to a Network Externality Market With Switching Costs
Keller, Timothy; Miller, David; Xiahua (Anny) Wei - NET Institute - 2010
We study duopoly pricing in the market for mobile phone service, which features network externalities, switching costs, and consumer heterogeneity. We introduce a steady state approach that enables a tractable analysis without endgame effects. The model can generate a variety of testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679199
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Technical Compatibility and the Mode of Foreign Entry under Network Externalities
Klimenko, Mikhail; Saggi, Kamal - NET Institute - 2004
of foreign direct investment (FDI): de novo entry by the foreign firm and acquisition of the domestic incumbent. Two … entry on local welfare is determined by the degree of competition (more intense under de novo entry) and the magnitude of … the local government’s ranking of the two modes of entry might be a potential motivation for policy restrictions that …
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