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The Effects Of Competition On The Price For Cable Modem Internet Access

Chen, Yongmin; Savage, Scott J. - NET Institute - 2007

An important issue in economics is how market structure affects prices. While the standard view is that competition … access, with or without competition from a digital subscriber line provider, and using education dispersion as a proxy for …, competition reduces prices. As education dispersion increases, the negative effect of competition on prices diminishes; and when …

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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

carriers), and we point to the real danger that the intent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition in …

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The Effects of International Simple Resale on Prices in International Telecommunications Markets

Pearcy, Jason; Savage, Scott J. - NET Institute - 2009

This paper empirically investigates the effect of international simple resale (ISR) authorization on the prices for international message telephone service (IMTS). We compile a firm-level panel data set for over 200 United States-foreign country bilateral markets from 1995 to 2004. These data...

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Diffusion and use of financial telecommunication: An empirical analysis of SWIFT adoption

Zachariadis, Markos - NET Institute - 2011

The purpose of the current work is to investigate how country-level and region-specific characteristics influence the adoption of a major financial telecommunication innovation and standard (SWIFT) in the banking sector. Using annual data on the diffusion and usage intensity of SWIFT between...

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The Determinants of Supply and Demand for Mobile Applications

Sinkinson, Michael - NET Institute - 2012

supply, and counterfactual simulations show that this effect is greater than the effects of within-platform competition and …

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The Strategic Use of Download Limits by a Monopoly Platform

Economides, Nicholas; Hermalin, Benjamin - NET Institute - 2013

as substitutes. This, in turn, intensifies the competition among providers, generating greater surplus for consumers. A …

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Multidimensional Heterogeneity and Platform Design

Veiga, Andre; Weyl, E. Glen - NET Institute - 2011

suggest simple extensions to the case of imperfect competition in insurance provision and college admissions. …

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Estimating the Option Value of Waiting: A Dynamic Entry Game of the U.S. Local Telephone Competition

Fan, Ying; Mo, Xiao - NET Institute - 2010

We estimate a dynamic oligopoly entry game in the early U.S. local telephone market. We observe the identities of potential entrants into local markets and therefore the waiting time of each potential entrant before it commits actual entry. To capture the feature of the data, we allow firms to...

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Quality Provision in the Presence of a Biased Intermediary

Cornière, Alexandre de; Taylor, Greg - NET Institute - 2014

In many industries, consumers rely on recommendations by an intermediary when choosing between competing products. In this paper, we look at how the existence of contracts between firms and intermediaries affects the quality of the advice received by consumers, and firms' incentives to invest in...

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Stuck in the Adoption Funnel: The Effect of Delays in the Adoption Process on Ultimate Adoption

Lambrecht, Anja; Seim, Katja; Tucker, Catherine - NET Institute - 2007

Online applications and services automate communications and transactions between firms and consumers, promising large efficiency gains. However, consumers have been slow to use these online technologies intensively, despite widespread adoption of the internet. Customers frequently undergo a...

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