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Collusion and the political differentiation of newspapers

Antonielli, Marco; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2011

collusive agreements in terms of welfare and pluralism. We analyse and compare two forms of collusion: in the first, publishers … thus show that collusion on prices reinforces the tendency towards a Pensée Unique discussed in Gabszewicz, Laussel and …

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Optimal Cartel Prices in Two-Sided Markets Access

Boffa, Federico; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2014

We study optimal cartel prices in a two-sided market. We present a simple model showing that prices above the two-sided monopoly price may prevail on one side of a two-sided market as a means to enhance the sustainability of the cartel. We prove that in such a case a higher benefit from the...

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Bundling and Collusion on Communications Markets

Baranes, Edmond - NET Institute - 2006

sustainability of collusion in an infinitely repeated game framework. We show that the bundling strategy of the entrant might hinder … collusion. Futhermore, we consider a setting in which the entrant uses a one-way access that the incumbent possesses. In such … might increase the feasibility of collusion. This result has an important policy implication. …

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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications

Stennek, Johan; Tangeras, Thomas - NET Institute - 2008

This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show that the monopolistic outcome may prevail independently of market concentration when access prices are determined in bilateral negotiations. A lighthanded regulatory policy can...

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Cross-Licensing and Competition

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine - NET Institute - 2013

We study bilateral cross-licensing agreements among N( 2) firms that engage in competition after the licensing phase. It is shown that the most collusive cross-licensing royalty, i.e. the one that allows the industry to achieve the monopoly profit, is sustainable as the outcome of bilaterally...

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Competition Policy Issues in the Consumer Payments Industry

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2008

We discuss the current structure of card networks that facilitate transactions between merchants and consumers. We find that presently fees for this intermediation are considerably higher than costs. This is facilitated by rules imposed by the card networks on the merchants that do not allow...

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Paid Placement: Advertising and Search on the Internet

Chen, Yongmin; He, Chuan - NET Institute - 2006

Paid placement, where advertisers bid payments to a search engine to have their products appear next to keyword search results, has emerged as a predominant form of advertising on the Internet. This paper studies a product-di¤erentiation model where consumers are initially uncertain about the...

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