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Innovation through Discrimination!? A Formal Analysis of the Net Neutrality Debate
Krämer, Jan; Wiewiorra, Lukas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We model the main arguments of the net neutrality debate in a two-sided market framework with network congestion sensitive content providers and Internet consumers on each side, respectively. The platform is controlled by a monopolistic Internet service provider, who may choose to sell content...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078674
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Estimating demand elasticities of fixed telephony in Brazil
Gustavo, Manfrim; Sergio, Da Silva - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper provides estimates of the elasticities of demand for the Brazilian basic plan of local fixed telephony using a cointegration model. We find a long-run price elasticity of –0.24, and an income elasticity of 0.18. These figures are line with other countries’ estimates.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619450
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Network neutrality and congestion sensitive content providers: Implications for content variety, broadband investment and regulation
Krämer, Jan; Wiewiorra, Lukas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593240
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Network neutrality and congestion sensitive content providers: Implications for content variety, broadband investment and regulation
Krämer, Jan; Wiewiorra, Lukas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111227
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Bolivian capitalization and privatization: Approximation to an evaluation
Barja, Gover; McKenzie, David; Urquiola, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The wave of privatizations Latin America experienced during the 1990s was integral to stabilization programs and a general reordering of states’ roles in the regional economy. Over the past few years, however, these privatizations have come under increasing fire. Their purported adverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636529
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Inversión y productividad en la industria boliviana de telecomunicaciones
Barja, Gover - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
The document is an analytical report on the impact of structural reforms in the Bolivian telecommunications industry initiated in 1994-95. With the Capitalization Law, the Regulatory System Law and the Telecommunications Law in particular, the telecommunications industry is in transition to full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557268
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Las reformas estructurales bolivianas y su impacto sobre inversiones
Barja, Gover - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
The document is an analytical report on the initial results of the impact of structural reforms on investment for the period 1980-97 in general and the more recent structural reforms in the infrastructure industries in particular. In the context of these reforms it explores the connection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557270
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Access pricing, bypass and universal service in post
Armstrong, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
An incumbent postal service provider faces two issues which make the design of efficient access pricing especially difficult. First, universal service obligations, together with the presence of significant fixed costs, require retail prices to be out of line with underlying marginal costs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616967
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A comparison of rail liberalisation levels across four European countries
Beria, Paolo; Quinet, Emile; de Rus, Gines; Schulz, Carola - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper presents the results of a research on railway regulation and liberalisation in Italy, France, Germany and … descriptive. The regulatory frameworks are outlined and then assessed according to their implications on the liberalisation level … and on the effective market opening. The conclusions are that the actual level of liberalisation is still scarce and only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855557
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Is regulatory quality related to industry performance? Evidence on telecommunications, gas and electricity in EU15
Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper provides empirical evidence on ex ante and ex post indicators of regulatory quality and the relationship between those indicators and market performance in liberalised EU-15 network industries. We report a low level of regulatory independence and competence, a high level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644765