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A universal service obligation (USO) that imposes ubiquity and uniform pricing constraints generally creates strategic links among markets served by the universal service provider (USP). In this paper, we show that adding a unit subsidy in the compensation scheme of a USO helps to counteract the...
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This paper compares three schemes for funding Universal Service Obligations in network industries with an essential facility: an uplift to the network access charge, the establishment of a Universal Service (US) fund financed through a lump-sum tax and a US fund financed through a unit tax. The...
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The process of deregulation in network industries, in particular in the electric sector, raises the problem of Þnancing the Universal Service Obligations (USO) corresponding to the production, transport and distribution operations. In this paper, we study three ways of funding for an USO of...
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Nous transposons la problématique de l’effet de remplacement du monopole de Arrow) dans le cadre d’une économie d’une ressource non renouvelable. En considérant les incitations à innover immédiatement, on peut alors montrer que le résultat de sub-optimalité du monopole n’est pas...
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This article analyzes the optimal contract design between an inventor and a developer. The inventor is privately informed on the value of his idea. The developer must exert some non-verifiable effort to improve the probability of success of this innovation but may also choose to opt out of the...
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Dans le cadre de ce papier le modèle présenté permet de discuter certains aspects de l’Accès des Tiers au Stockage (ATS) dans le secteur gazier. Dans la lignée de la littérature sur les achats stratégiques dans les relations verticales, nous intégrons une activité intermédiaire de...
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Ce document présente une analyse théorique du comportement de R&D et d’innovation technologique d’une firme minière en situation de monopole. Deux types d’innovations de processus d’extraction y sont proposés. D’une part la R&D débouchera sur des innovations réductrices de coût,...
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The process of deregulation in network industries, in particular in the electric sector, raises the problem of financing the Universal Service Obligations (USO) corresponding to the production, transport and distribution operations. In this paper, we study three ways of funding for an USO of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790521