We model the main arguments of the net neutrality debate in atwo-sided market framework with network congestion sensitive con-tent providers and Internet consumers on each side, respectively. Theplatform is controlled by a monopolistic Internet service provider, whomay choose to sell content...

With the use of a laboratory experiment, we show the effects of co-investments on coverage, competition and price collusion in regulated network industries. On the one hand, co-investments turn out not to be a significant driver of new infrastructure investments beyond the level achieved by...

We investigate the effects of alternative open access regimes on market performance. In particular, by means of an economic laboratory experiment we compare the market outcomes under unregulated wholesale competition, under a price-fixing rule (where firms must maintain their wholesale price for...