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We consider a heretofore unexplored explanation for why platforms, such as Internet service providers, might impose …
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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 …
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While some broadband providers have called Internet content and application providers free riders on their … infrastructure, this is incorrect and misguided. End-users pay for their residential broadband providers for access to the Internet … broadband providers’ ISPs in order to reach their customers. This feature of the Internet has been one key factor that has …
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telephone companies or cable operators) and instead are likely to act as a complement. Nor will competition in the Internet … lower prices being charged to residential Internet subscribers. This is true under a robust set of assumptions. Despite some …
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This paper discusses how antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...
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This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing of digitization and the emergence of Internet … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in conjunction …
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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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We investigate the impact of backward compatibility on the adoption of multi-generation platforms. Our context is a mobile platform where platform users download services from third party providers. For each hardware platform generations, the services depend greatly on the embedded...
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Since 2008, multiple smartphone platforms have launched versions of “app stores”, marketplaces where consumers can purchase and download software applications for their smartphone. This paper provides evidence for both demand and supply of “apps” using data on the size and composition of...
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In this article I analyze the effects of a recent reform intended to decrease switching costs in the cellular industry. The reform, implemented in Chile in 2012, allowed cell phone users to switch operators without any contract restriction while keeping their wireless number. Its aim was the...
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