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We discuss the benefits of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model in which platforms sell Internet access services to consumers and may set fees to content and applications providers on the other side of the Internet. When access is monopolized, we find that...
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We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
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We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
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We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107376
, we show that a platform will tend to set the download limit at a lower level than would be welfare- maximizing; indeed …, in some instances, so low that no download limit is welfare superior to the limit the platform would set. Somewhat …
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We discuss the issue of a possible abolition of network neutrality and the introduction of paid prioritization by residential broadband access networks. We show that, in short run analysis where bandwidth is fixed, and in the absence of congestion, network neutrality tends to maximize total...
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externalities, we show that a platform will tend to restrict downloads more than would be welfare-maximizing; indeed, in some … instances, by so much that a complete prohibition on such behavior is welfare superior to the practices the platform would …
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We discuss strategic ways that sellers can use tying and bundling with requirement conditions to extract consumer surplus. We analyze different types of tying and bundling creating (i) intra-product price discrimination; (ii) intra-consumer price discrimination; and (iii) inter-product price...
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externalities, we show that a platform will tend to set the download limit at a lower level than would be welfare-maximizing; indeed …, in some instances, so low that no download limit is welfare superior to the limit the platform would set. Somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905461
We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905480