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Competition and Industry Structure for International Rail Transportation
Friebel, Guido; Ivaldi, Marc; Pouyet, Jérôme - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper investigates various options for the organization of the railway industry when network operators require the access to multiple national networks to provide international (freight or passenger) transport services. The EU rail system provides a framework for our analysis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207524
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Subadditivity Tests for Network Separation with an Application to US Railroads
Ivaldi, Marc; McCullough, Gerard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
zero output values without losing its flexibility properties. The tests shed light on the respective roles of regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067525
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Price Squeezes in a Regulatory Environment
Bouckaert, Jan; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
practitioners and economists, taking the existing regulatory environment as fixed. Based on the degree of existing regulation (full …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497999
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Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband
Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
network available to other companies (local loop unbundling, or LLU). Entrants are then able to upgrade their individual lines … that over the course of time, many entrants have begun to take advantage of LLU. However, unbundling has little or no … technology (cable) which is not subject to regulation, and what we discover is that inter-platform competition has a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083592
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Vertical Control of a Distribution Network - An Empirical Analysis of Magazines
Ferrari, Stijn; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
How does an upstream firm determine the size of its distribution network, and what is the role of vertical restraints? To address these questions we develop and estimate two models of outlet entry, starting from the basic trade-off between market expansion and fixed costs. In the coordinated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468630
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Market Definition with Differentiated Products - Lessons from the Car Market
Brenkers, Randy; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
background of the new block exemption regulation for cars in Europe, we explore an econometric approach to define the relevant … market share thresholds stipulated in the block exemption regulation. We find that, if we would have used an approach based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136670
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Exclusive dealing as a barrier to entry? Evidence from automobiles
Nurski, Laura; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Exclusive dealing contracts between manufacturers and retailers force new entrants to set up their own costly dealer networks to enter the market. We ask whether such contracts may act as an entry barrier, and provide an empirical analysis of the European car market. We first estimate a demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083855
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The Social Cost of Air Traffic Delays
de Villemeur, Etienne; Ivaldi, Marc; Quinet, Emile; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
The so-called buffer time or buffer delay allows airlines to control for excessive delays by introducing extra time in their schedule in addition to what is technically required. . We study the differences between unregulated markets - where airlines are free to fix their buffer times...
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Travel Demand Model with Heterogeneous Users and Endogenous Congestion: An application to optimal pricing of bus services
Batarce, Marco; Ivaldi, Marc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We formulate and estimate a structural model for travel demand, in which users have heterogeneous preferences and make their transport decisions considering the network congestion. A key component in the model is that users have incomplete information about the preferences of other users in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493565
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Contract Choice, Incentives, and Political Capture in the Public Sector
Gagnepain, Philippe; Ivaldi, Marc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
estimate simultaneously the contract choice by the authorities and the effect of regulation on the cost-reducing activity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684677