The economics literature on Net Neutrality (NN) has been largely critical of NN regulation on the basis of theoretical … in question. Thus, an ex post competition policy approach would be preferable to a strict ex ante prohibition of NN … violations. In contrast, the current paper argues that NN regulation is largely ineffective, in particular, when it comes to the …

I investigate whether two mechanisms leading to biased beliefs about success, overconfidence and competition neglect … making their decision. Second, I vary whether the competition group consists of all potential competitors or only of …