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Die Alternative 'Ex-Ante-Regulierung versus Ex-Post-Aufsicht' ist der Kern der ordnungspolitischen Kontroversen der letzten Jahre im Bereich der Netzindustrien - insbesondere in der Telekommunikation und der Energiewirtschaft. Die grundlegenden Reformen des ordnungspolitischen Rahmens haben in...
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Over the last years, several reports highlighted the market power of very large online platforms that are gatekeeping intermediaries between businesses and consumers, and the difficulty for classic competition policy tools to deal effectively with anti-competitive practices in these platforms....
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We analyze how network regulation affects investment into network infrastructure and complementary services. While … regulation negatively affects investment incentives in the regulated network market, the effects of network regulation on … investment in complementary services can be either negative or positive, depending on the relative weight consumers assign to …
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We analyze how network regulation affects investment into network infrastructure and complementary services. While … regulation negatively affcets investment incentives in the regulated network market, the effects of network regulation on … investment in complementary services can be either negative or positive, depending on the relative weight consumers assign to …
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This paper examines mobile termination fees and their regulation when networks are asymmetric in size. It is demonstrated that with consumer ignorance about the exact termination rates (a) a mobile network's termination rate is the higher the smaller the network's size (as measured through its...
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operators' profits, while the operators carried the initial investment risk. Such a Government hold-up reduces firms' incentives … for investment and innovation and, thereby, also harms consumers in the long run. In addtion, there is a real risk of …
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This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...
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This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...
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This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970427