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technology services; it analyzes the resulting trade barriers. The functioning of the Internet (network structure, allocation of …
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The paper focuses on the cost characteristics of Internet technology and on the question whether there are monopolistic … bottlenecks in Internet services which justify regulatory intervention into the market. The analysis is prompted by a discussion … of the cost characteristics of the Internet, which could be the source of monopolistic bottlenecks in Internet services …
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This paper outlines the technical foundations and the market structure for international trade in telecommunication services; it analyzes the resulting trade barriers. The basic structure of international telecommunications depends on the national market structure and the transmission technique...
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Information and communication technologies are transforming economies and societies around the world. In this respect …
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Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? We develop a theory of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing that high equilibrium acquisition prices are driven by the incumbents' desire to prevent rivals from acquiring...
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would identify significant offsetting harms to “free” Internet services like that offered by Facebook and Google. The paper …
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Much of the recent debate over Internet policy has focused on the permissibility of business practices that are …
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This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory …
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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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