Local telecommunications competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We evaluate the consumer … gains a monthly equivalent of $2.33, or 6.2% of her bill, in welfare from competition. These gains accrue primarily from …

. Residential local phone service competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We provide a detailed …

. Residential local phone service competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We provide a detailed …

Local telecommunications competition was an important goal of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We evaluate the consumer … gains a monthly equivalent of $2.33, or 6.2% of her bill, in welfare from competition. These gains accrue primarily from …

This paper discusses the economics of the Internet backbone. I discuss competition on the Internet backbone as well as … relevant competition policy issues. In particular, I show how public protocols, ease of entry, very fast network expansion … large web site to multiple ISPs (customer multi-homing) enhance price competition and make it very unlikely that any firm …

analyze the structure of competition and industry implications in terms of pricing, sales, profitability, and social welfare …

invited followers. We also show that the results hold under uncertainty, and when the post-entry competition is Cournot …