This paper analyses and discusses the regulation of the DNS, i.e. the system of Internet unique identifiers. There is a … regulation should be. The paper aims at exploring the possible answer to such questions, on the basis of an economic analysis of …

Major changes in technology and in regulation led to the proliferation of and willingness to pay for new communication … services The changes in technology enabled the changes in regulation, both through the ability to increase supply and quality …, but because technological change opened the marketplace to new interest groups influencing regulators and regulation. At …

Regulation and competition policy are two alternative modalities by which the state intervenes in the market. In order … varieties of market failures and identify those for which regulation is best address (cooperation failures such as The Fishing … regulation in jurisdictions where institutions are weak. The reasons are: information intensity and asymmetry being greater with …

shows that these problems do not automatically imply that sector specific regulation is warranted. The same hold for the … specific regulation of mobile telephone markets. The social welfare loss that would arise from such regulations are estimated …

Germany to shed new light on the price effects of regulatory policies. To identify the effects of regulation, we use publicly …

shows that these problems do not automatically imply that sector specific regulation is warranted. The same hold for the … specific regulation of mobile telephone markets. The social welfare loss that would arise from such regulations are estimated …

the role of ex post competition policy relative to ex ante regulation and the interactions between sector regulators and …

the role of ex post competition policy relative to ex ante regulation and the interactions between sector regulators and …

. First, sector-specific regulation can be used to address market failures, such as, for instance, the presence of bottlenecks … of this paper will be on ex ante regulation. There is indeed considerable debate regarding the regulatory framework …-handed approach to regulation. Pursuant to this view, the forthcoming postal directive should only provide for minimal regulatory …