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Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device and a barrier to entry

Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2004

. High access charges may make the firms collude on high prices. Moreover, when allowing for entry, we show that incumbents …

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The effects of Entry in thin markets

Dickson, Alex - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010

We consider entry of additional firms into the market for a single commodity in which both sellers and buyers are … competition, contrary to the conventional wisdom. We characterize the conditions under which entry by new sellers may raise the …

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Media market concentration, advertising levels, and ad prices

Anderson, Simon P.; Foros, Øystein; Kind, Hans Jarle; … - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 3, pp. 321-325

Standard media economics models imply that increased platform competition decreases ad levels and that mergers reduce per-viewer ad prices. The empirical evidence, however, is mixed. We attribute the theoretical predictions to the combined assumptions that there is no advertising congestion and...

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Does a Platform Owning Monopolist Want Competition?

Niedermayer, Andras - Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Bern - 2005

more profits with his platform. Second, the competitor's entry serves as a credible commitment to lower prices for …

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Does a Platform Monopolist Want Competition?

Niedermayer, Andras - Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Bern - 2006

We consider a software vendor first selling a monopoly platform and then an application running on this platform. He may face competition by an entrant in the applications market. The platform monopolist can benefit from competition for three reasons. First, his profits from the platform...

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Quantifying the Benefits of Entry into Local Phone Service,

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian; Seim, Katja - NET Institute - 2007

welfare effects of entry into residential local telephone service in New York State using household-level data from September …

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Quantifying the Benefits of Entry into Local Phone Service,

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian; Seim, Katja - NET Institute - 2007

In this paper, we evaluate the consumer welfare effects of entry into residential local phone service in New York State … first quarter of 2003. Our results indicate that as a result of entry households that subscribe to one of the entrants … nature of the data, we decompose the households' overall gains from entry and find that benefits due to firm differentiation …

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