compete for device and e-book sales. In this paper, we model the direct competition in the e-book platform market through a …

Local telecommunications competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We evaluate the consumer … gains a monthly equivalent of $2.33, or 6.2% of her bill, in welfare from competition. These gains accrue primarily from …

. Residential local phone service competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We provide a detailed …

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 …

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 …

In this paper, we study how the presence of a news aggregator affects competition among (horizontally differentiated …

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