We consider the regulation of a monopoly facing consumers that may evade payments, an important issue in public … utilities. To maximize total surplus, the regulator sets the price and socially costly transfers, ensuring that the monopoly …

We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing … impact of the regulation on different user segments. We estimate that around half of the gains stem from a reduction in … deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with …

crowds out local variety. Under local monopoly, local buyer surplus co-moves with external buyer surplus. Under local free … surplus is better provided by local monopoly. …

Privacy regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation aim to empower consumers with greater transparency and … studies how these two aspects of privacy regulation - consumer empowerment and versioning - affect market outcomes and welfare … preferences for the service and privacy costs incurred when sharing data with the firm. In a monopoly, the firm is better off …