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This paper uses a unique individual transactions data set to investigate the effects of internet purchase on the prices paid for individual airline tickets. The analysis also investigates the effects of changes in the percentage of online transactions on both online and offline prices and on...
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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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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 …
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This paper discusses the economics of the Internet backbone. I discuss competition on the Internet backbone as well as … relevant competition policy issues. In particular, I show how public protocols, ease of entry, very fast network expansion … large web site to multiple ISPs (customer multi-homing) enhance price competition and make it very unlikely that any firm …
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Imbalances in supply and demand often cause the price for the same good to vary across geographic locations. Economic theory suggests that if the price differential is greater than the cost of transporting the good between locations, then buyers will shift demand from high-price locations to...
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Internet presumably reduces search cost driving price to the competitive level. Evidence from empirical research quantifying dispersion in the electronic based markets has yield mixed results. More recent research has documented near zero dispersion in the electronic markets using transaction...
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How did the diffusion of the Internet affect performance and product quality in the airline industry? We argue that the shift to online distribution channels has changed the way airlines compete for customers - from an environment in which airlines compete for space at the top of travel...
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most pronounced in the sub-sample of one-stop itineraries, where competition is stronger, and customers are more likely to …
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This paper provides an insight into the antitrust investigation initiated by the French competition authority, which …
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This article assesses the unilateral e ects of a merger in the Portuguese mobile telephony market. We use aggregate quarterly data from 1999 to 2005 and a nested logit model to estimate the price elasticities of demand and the marginal costs of subscription to mobile services. We nd that mobile...
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