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strategies of firms, consumer protection and welfare. Our model allows firms to price discriminate between consumers. We show … that intervention may actually decrease social welfare and weaken consumer protection if regulatory efforts are … insufficient to alter the equilibrium strategy of firms. In consequence, regulation may do more harm than good and hence should …
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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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This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...
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The transition from analogue to the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTV) in Europe is planned to be completed by the end of the year 2012. The DTV spectrum allocation is such that there are a number of TV channels which cannot be used for additional high power broadcast transmitters due to...
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In this paper we explore the impact of regulation; privatization and competition on the both mobile and fixed phone … first, analyze the effect of regulation, privatization and competition on mobile networks performance in terms of quality … between indicators: independence, regulation, competition and privatization on the market performance. The second approach is …
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With the use of a laboratory experiment, we show the effects of co-investments on coverage, competition and price … infrastructure investments beyond the level achieved by access regulation and they seem to facilitate tacit price collusion. On the …
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In this paper, we assess the impact of competition and regulation on prices of mobile services in France. We estimate …-adjusted prices to a set of competition and regulation variables and find that the launch of 4G networks by mobile operators was the … introduced to pre-empt the entry of low cost competitor declined at the time of entry. Moreover, we find that regulation, which …
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competition substantially fosters the trust strategy, reduces market segmentation, and leads to large welfare gains for both …-sharing, screening opportunities, and competition are important driving forces behind these new forms of work organization. We document …
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overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader context, the results provide an explanation for the overconfidence of …
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calls for regulation because if their gambling like elements. Japan had similar mechanics in games for a long time called … "Gacha" and could serve as an interesting insight into its regulation. Firstly as introduction, this paper explains what …
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