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Calling Circles: Network Competition with Non-Uniform Calling Patterns
Hoernig, Steffen; Inderst, Roman; Valletti, Tommaso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We introduce a flexible model of telecommunications network competition with non-uniform calling patterns, which account for the fact that customers tend to make most calls to a small subset of people. Equilibrium call prices are distorted away from marginal cost, and competitive intensity is...
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Net Neutrality with Competing Internet Platforms
Bourreau, Marc; Kourandi, Frago; Valletti, Tommaso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
study the effect of a net neutrality regulation on capacity investments in the market for Internet access, and on innovation …
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The U.S. Electricity Industry after 20 Years of Restructuring
Borenstein, Severin - 2015
electricity prices to allow the utility to recover its prudently incurred costs, a process known as cost-of-service regulation …
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The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry
Borenstein, Severin; Bushnell, James; Stoft, Steven - 2021
In an unregulated electricity generation market, the degree to which generators in" different locations compete with one another depends on the capacity to transmit electricity" between the locations. We study the impact of transmission capacity on competition among" generators. We show that...
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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 …
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The Private and Public Economics of Renewable Electricity Generation
Borenstein, Severin - 2011
Generating electricity from renewable sources is more expensive than conventional approaches, but reduces pollution externalities. Analyzing the tradeoff is much more challenging than often presumed, because the value of electricity is extremely dependent on the time and location at which it is...
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Customer Risk from Real-Time Retail Electricity Pricing : Bill Volatility and Hedgability
Borenstein, Severin - 2010
One of the most critical concerns that customers have voiced in the debate over real-time retail electricity pricing is that they would be exposed to risk from fluctuations in their electricity cost. The concern seems to be that a customer could find itself consuming a large quantity of power on...
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Trading Inefficiencies in California'S Electricity Markets
Borenstein, Severin; Bushnell, James; Knittel, … - 2021
We study price convergence between the two major markets for wholesale electricity in California from their deregulation in April 1998 through November 2000, nearly the end of trading in one market. We would expect profit-maximizing traders to have eliminated persistent price differences between...
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On the Efficiency of Competitive Electricity Markets with Time-Invariant Retail Prices
Borenstein, Severin; Holland, Stephen P. - 2021
The standard economic model of efficient competitive markets relies on the ability of sellers to charge prices that vary as their costs change. Yet, there is no restructured electricity market in which most retail customers can be charged realtime prices (RTP), prices that can change as...
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Wealth Transfers from Implementing Real-Time Retail Electricity Pricing
Borenstein, Severin - 2021
Adoption of real-time electricity pricing %u2014 retail prices that vary hourly to reflect changing wholesale prices %u2014 removes existing cross-subsidies to those customers that consume disproportionately more when wholesale prices are highest. If their losses are substantial, these customers...
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