from others, and because they seek to influence the industry regulation. Properly organized fora establish an open …

The regulation of network industries has been profoundly transformed in the past twenty years. First, the “object of … regulation” is no longer the same. Network industries have been opened to new dynamics, which have overwhelmed their industrial … involved in significant societal changes. In short, networks are the infrastructure of our postmodern societies, the necessary …

exclusive rights of use over information and on the self-regulation of on-line communities. Through a decentralized system of …

The aim of our paper is to determine the efficiency of the asymmetric regulation of the Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs … European Commission tend to question asymmetric regulation mechanisms. Based on a model designed to determine firm profits and … consumer surplus, our main results are as follows. The asymmetric regulation of the MTRs may contribute to an increase in …

agriculture; buying, lobbying, or suing--interest groups' participation in policy making--a selective survey; regulation and …

assumptions on the way regulation is conducted. …

experience. We analyze the role of take-or-pay clauses and price indexation rules, questioning whether regulation distorts …