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Engel, Christoph - 2002

In some industries, monopoly is natural. One provider can serve the relevant demand cheaper than two or more firms. If the monopoly is not contestable, i.e. not controlled by a credible threat of entry, regulation is necessary. The essential facilities doctrine is one such regulatory tool. It...

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The relationship between local loop unbundling and the deployment of alternative broadband networks: An empirical analysis

Garrone, Paola; Zaccagnino, Michele - 2011

This paper means to add to empirical research on the impact of local loop unbundling (LLU) on broadband networks. In particular, it focuses on broadband investment made by entrants. Starting from late Nineties telecommunications incumbents of several European Union countries have been required...

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The effects of asymmetric regulation on the quality of broadband networks

Kocsis, Viktória - 2013

Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies have no such obligation. Furthermore, for...

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How to provide access to next generation networks? The effect of risk allocation on investment and cooperation incentives

Bender, Christian M. - 2011

This paper analyzes the incentives to invest in Next Generation Access Networks (NGA) in a framework with horizontal product differentiation with price competition between an investing and an access seeking firm. Given uncertainty about the success of the NGA, I compare regulatory regimes with...

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Access Regulation and Investment in Next Generation Networks: A Ranking of Regulatory Regimes

Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - 2009

This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...

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Cost and Benefits from Infrastructure Competition : Estimating Welfare Effects from Broadband Access Competition

Höffler, Felix - 2005

loss might be out- weighed by the inefficient duplication of an existing infrastructure. Using data from broadband internet …

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Multisided Markets & Platform Dominance

Alleman, James; Baranes, Edmond; Rappoport, Paul - 2019

The internet giants - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, among others - have transformed society with both positive … internet giants are multisided markets (MSM); their economic rents are "hidden" from the public. On the user-side of the market … rents are not so obvious. This paper addresses the monopolistic/monopsony aspect of the internet giants. In the singlesided …

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Bork's Hoax: Antitrust and the Internet Market

Alleman, James - 2021

Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...

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Regulation and Investment in Network Industries: Evidence from European Telecoms

Grajek, Michał; Röller, Lars-Hendrik - 2009

We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications by using a comprehensive data set covering 70+ fixed-line operators in 20 countries over 10 years. Our econometric model accommodates: different investment incentives for...

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When Should an Incumbent Be Obliged to Share its Infrastructure with an Entrant Under the General Competition Rules?

Bergman, Mats - 2003

According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the "Bronner criterion", proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to...

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