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Downstream Price-Cap Regulation and Upstream Market Power

Reitzes, James D. - 2005

service) is subject to regulation. In these industries, regulators are confronted with the potential exercise of market power … by the upstream affiliate when choosing the optimal form of downstream regulation. This paper finds that downstream … regulation in the form of price caps can eliminate the exercise of market power by the regulated firm's upstream affiliate. With …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061584

Deregulating network industries : dealing with price-quality tradeoffs

Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Gärtner, Dennis (contributor) - 2004 - January 2004, revised October 2005

; deregulation ; investment incentives ; access charges ; regulation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001957196

Infrastructure quality in deregulated industries : is there an underinvestment problem

Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider’s incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001729423

Deregulating Network Industries : Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs

Buehler, Stefan - 2020

This paper examines the effects of introducing competition into monopolized network industries on prices and infrastructure quality. Analyzing a model with reduced-form demand, we first show that deregulating an integrated monopoly cannot simultaneously decrease the retail price and increase...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705918

Interconnection in Network Industries

Carter, Michael; Wright, Julian - 2000

Recent deregulation of telecommunications in the US and elsewhere has highlighted the importance of interconnection in network industries. In this paper, we analyse interconnection in a deregulated network where the participants compete in the final retail market. We consider both the case of a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063151

Infrastructure Quality in Deregulated Industries : Is There an Underinvestment Problem?

Buehler, Stefan; Schmutzler, Armin; Benz, Men-Andri - 2004

We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider's incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068135

Interconnection in Network Industries

Carter, Michael; Wright, Julian - 2001

Recent deregulation of telecommunications in the U.S. and elsewhere has highlighted the importance of interconnection in network industries. In this paper, we analyze interconnection in a deregulated network where the participants compete in the final retail market. We consider both the case of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083181

The ratchet effect in a two lag setting and the mitigating influence of yardstick competition

Brockmann, Cord - 2007

plans to implement revenue cap regulation together with yardstick competition. Revenue cap regulation could bear the ratchet … ; regulation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746192

How regulation affects network and service quality in related markets

Haucap, Justus; Klein, Gordon J. - 2012

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 … infrastructure versus service quality. We also find constellations, where regulation can enhance perceived total quality. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009538676

The Identification and Measurement of Market Power and Entry Barriers in Markets Featuring 'Platform' Businesses

Downes, Larry - 2019

In response to the increasing popularity and economic impact of companies in the Internet ecosystem, the Federal Trade Commission is being implored with vocal but factually vacant calls to revisit its approach to antitrust, and in particular market power, barriers to entry and anti-competitive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892718

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