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Digital platforms and antitrust
Parker, Geoffrey; Petropoulos, Georgios; Van Alstyne, … - 2020
market competition and regulation in addressing these concerns. Traditional (ex-post) antitrust intervention will be less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405498
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Infrastructure quality in deregulated industries : is there an underinvestment problem
Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider’s incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001729423
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Monopolistic screening under learning by doing
Gärtner, Dennis - 2007
all, in a sense to be made precise. -- Asymmetric Information ; Learning by Doing ; Regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892452
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On regulation and competition : pros and cons of a diversified monopolist
Scarpa, Carlo; Calzolari, Giacomo - 2009 - This version: June 2009
We study the regulation of a firm which supplies a regulated service while also operating in a competitive, unregulated … (with price and quantity competition) and optimal regulation that involves an informational externality to the competitors …. Although joint conduct of the activities generates scope economies, it also entails private information, so that regulation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008811378
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Energy Systems Integration: Implications for public policy
Cambini, Carlo; Congiu, Raffaele; Jamasb, Tooraj; … - 2020
holistic view of the electricity, gas and heat sectors to deliver a clean, reliable and affordable energy system. By …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255106
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The regulation of distributed solar power generation in Costa Rica : status, challenges and options for the future
Cornick, Jorge - 2020
This paper provides a general characterization of overall power regulation and a detailed characterization of the … ongoing evolution of distributed rooftop photovoltaic (PV) regulation in Costa Rica. The paper further develops rooftop PV … the institutional architecture of power regulation in Costa Rica and contrasts it with international best practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238017
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The impact of China's electricity deregulation on coal and power industries : two-stage game modeling approach
Liu, Huihui; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Chen, Zhanming; Dou, DeSheng - 2018
with and without electricity regulation, and examine the changes in electricity price, electricity generation, coal price … government launched an unprecedented marketization reform in 2015 to deregulate the electricity price. This paper examines the … impact of the electricity price deregulation in the industry level. We first construct two-stage dynamic game models by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850304
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A product-market theory of industry-specific training
Gersbach, Hans (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2006
We develop a product market theory that explains why firms provide their workers with skills that are sufficiently general to be potentially useful for competitors. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in industry-specific human capital, then make wage offers for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387557
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Globalization and general worker training
Gersbach, Hans (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We examine how globalization affects firms incentives to train workers. In our model, firms invest in productivity-enhancing worker training before Cournot competition takes place. When two separated product markets become integrated and are thus replaced with a market with greater demand and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001957223
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A product market theory of worker training
Gersbach, Hans (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in general human capital, then make wage offers for each others’ trained employees and finally engage in imperfect product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001729428