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Hit and Miss: Leverage, Sacrifice, and Refusal to Deal in the Supreme Court Decision in Trinko

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2005

telecommunications: a monopoly of the local telecommunications network, as well as a monopoly in retail local telecommunications services … competitors. Thus, Verizon used its monopoly of the network infrastructure to disadvantage entrants in retail. In doing so … makes sense only insofar as it helps the defendant maintain or obtain monopoly power.” …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005184812

Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis

Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - NET Institute - 2007

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/10005585461

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...

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Pricing of Complementary Goods and Network Effects*

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian - NET Institute - 2005

We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of a complementary good provided either by it or by another firm. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by the existence of the complementary good, i.e., the extent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622702

Pricing of Complementary Goods and Network Effects

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian - NET Institute - 2004

We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of complementary goods provided either by it or by other firms. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by the existence of complementary goods, i.e., the extent of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622726

The Economics of the Internet Backbone

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

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, connections by the same Internet Service Provider...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622728

Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis

Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - NET Institute - 2007

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/10005760651

Network Neutrality and Congestion Sensitive Content Providers: Implications for Service Innovation, Broadband Investment and Regulation

Kraemer, Jan; Wiewiorra, Lukas - NET Institute - 2010

innovation, broadband investments, and welfare in comparison to network neutrality. We find that QoS tiering is the more …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673514

A Critical Appraisal of Remedies in the EU Microsoft Cases

Economides, Nicholas; Lianos, Ioannis - NET Institute - 2009

We discuss and compare the remedies in the two cases antitrust cases of the European Union (EU) against Microsoft. The first EU case alleged (i) that Microsoft illegally bundled the Windows Media Player (WMP) with Windows; and (ii) that Microsoft did not provide adequate documentation that would...

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The Quest for Appropriate Remedies in the Microsoft Antitrust EU Cases: A Comparative Appraisal

Economides, Nicholas; Lianos, Ioannis - NET Institute - 2009

The Microsoft cases in the United States and in Europe have been influential in determining the contours of the substantive liability standards for dominant firms in US antitrust law and in EC Competition law. The competition law remedies that were adopted, following the finding of liability,...

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