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This article analyzes the effects of net neutrality regulation on investment incentives for Internet service providers … (ISPs) and content providers (CPs), and their implications for social welfare. Concerning the ISPs' investment incentives … dismiss the possibility of the opposite. A discriminatory regime can also weaken CPs' investment incentives because of CPs …
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We propose a two-sided model with two competing Internet platforms, and a continuum of Content Providers (CPs). We study the effect of a net neutrality regulation on capacity investments in the market for Internet access, and on innovation in the market for content.Under the alternative...
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This paper analyzes the effects of net neutrality regulation on investment incentives for Internet service providers … trade of the first-priority. Concerning the ISP's investment incentives, we find that capacity expansion affects the sale …
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Regionale Beihilfen sind ein zentrales Instrument zur Stärkung der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität benachteiligter Regionen und des regionalen Zusammenhalts im Binnenmarkt. Die Europäische Kommission legt Regeln fest, damit solche Subventionen den Wettbewerb und den Handel innerhalb der EU nicht...
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The investment-intensive growth model of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is often viewed as state-driven and … ultimately unsustainable. But largely unnoticed, a shift has taken place. This paper examines the changes in investment patterns … economy-wide data with various breakdown. Significant shifts in investment patterns across sectors and ownership forms have …
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At present, there is a wide debate on regulating geo-blocking, an online practice that prevents consumers from buying or having access to products and services from another country. This practice is not only used by retailers, but is also of great importance in the market for digital visual...
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through the channel of higher capital intensity. Overall regional investment ratios appear weakly linked to regional … productivity, but the sectoral composition of regions and their type of investment are more important determinants. Each region has …. The type of investment matters: boosting research and development in the manufacturing sector in some lagging regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823608
The investment-intensive growth model of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is often viewed as state-driven and … ultimately unsustainable. But largely unnoticed, a shift has taken place. This paper examines the changes in investment patterns … economy-wide data with various breakdown. Significant shifts in investment patterns across sectors and ownership forms have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657882
The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of regional incentive policy applied in Spain during the period 1988-2001 at a municipal scale. Specifically, the relation between economic growth and the amount of incentives received by each Spanish municipality is analysed, taking...
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efficiently from different ports and, consequently, they have come accompanied by an increase of the infrastructure investment …
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