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overcoming the dynamic consistency problem of regulatory policy towards investment. We model the industry as a regulated duopoly … retailer needs access to the input produced by the wholesaler to operate. The incumbent can make an investment that improves … for which it is possible to induce socially desirable investment. …
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investment cost is low, the regulator can induce investment when he cannot commit to a policy. Second, we show that in this case …
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advertising revenues. We further show that the impact of network neutrality regulation on the investment in the quality of network … among CPs, investment and welfare are higher under the discriminatory regime. …
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decide not to invest. When investment occurs, the vertically integrated firm may be induced to give access to the entrant for … a low access price for the old technology. Furthermore, when both firms can invest, investment occurs under a larger set …
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We analyze the incentives of a telecommunications incumbent to invest and give access to a downstream entrant to a next generation network, NGN. We model the industry as a duopoly, where a vertically integrated incumbent and a downstream entrant, that requires access to the incumbent's network,...
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We analyze the incentives of a telecommunications incumbent to invest and give access to a downstream entrant to a next generation network. We model the industry as a duopoly, where a vertically integrated incumbent and a downstream entrant, that requires access to the incumbent's network,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622682
The paper discusses the present regulatory framework in Italy concerning transport infrastructures financing and provides some policy indications. The Italian situation is characterised by non homogeneity among the transport modes and insufficient, or even perverse, incentives to efficiency....
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We consider a two-sided market model with a monopolistic Internet Service Provider (ISP), network congestion sensitive content providers (CPs), and Internet customers in order to study the impact of Quality-of-Service (QoS) tiering on service innovation, broadband investments, and welfare in...
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investment. The hypothesis that liberalization promotes investment has received the most empirical support in recent research … investment by private and state-owned firms. We conduct an empirical study of the infrastructure investment of 20 incumbent … infrastructure investment by state-owned incumbents but reduces investment by private incumbents. …
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access to them (OPf2). In our model, the level of investment is decided at stage 1 and the access price is decided at stage 2 … welfare and number of FTTH consumers) will be at its highest if both investment and access price decisions are taken by the …
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