We analyse the effects of 'network neutrality' proposals that seek to foreclose or severely limit market transactions. Our model reveals that rules that prohibit efficient commercial transactions between content and broadband service providers could be bad for all participants – consumers...

Where wireline distribution networks compete, each network typically has some customers over which it competes and others for which it is the sole provider. This paper conceptually and empirically assesses the effects of such competition on market prices, demand, and service quality for cable...

This article provides an empirical evaluation of a recent and important exercise in regulatory price setting in the United States. The 1996 Telecommunications Act required incumbent local phone companies to sell components of their network to rival firms at regulated prices, and the prices for...

We analyse the effects of 'network neutrality' proposals that seek to foreclose or severely limit market transactions. Our model reveals that rules that prohibit efficient commercial transactions between content and broadband service providers could be bad for all participants -- consumers would...