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Private regulation by platform operators : implications for usage intensity
Claussen, Jörg; Kretschmer, Tobias; Mayrhofer, Philip - 2010
Platforms operators act as private regulators to increase usage and maximize profits. Their goals depend on the development of the platform: overcoming the chicken-egg problem early on requires attracting platform participants while quality becomes more important later on. Private regulators...
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Understanding intra-regional transport: Competition in road transportation between Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Vilakazi, Thando; Paelo, Anthea - 2017
Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654039
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Understanding intra-regional transport : competition in road transportation between Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Vilakazi, Thando; Paelo, Anthea - 2017
Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611274
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Third Party Access and Refusal to Deal : How Sector Regulation and Competition Law Meet Each Other
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2010
sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134857
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Issues concerning a sustainable regulatory body for GMOs in Brazil
Pelaez, Victor; Silva, Letícia Rodrigues da - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 43 (2009) 2, pp. 487-493
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Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation : Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation of Telric in Local Telecoms Markets
Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004
consumers and businesses directly affected by such regulation. The analysis also shows that over time unbundled loop prices are …
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The Broadband Loophole : Is Symmetrical Regulation in the Face of Asymmetrical Market Power Good Public Policy?
Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004
.g., reconditioning of nuclear or coal-fired power plants) that any test that bases regulation upon a "new" versus "old" distinction … either grandfather themselves into more favorable regulation or, alternatively, to escape onerous legacy regulation to …
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Set it and Forget it? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets
Ford, George S.; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2014
.C. Circuit recognized over twenty years ago: Complex regulation must still be credible regulation and any failure by the FCC to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073823
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Network Neutrality and Industry Structure
Beard, Thomas Randolph; Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; … - 2007
One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
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Wireless Net Neutrality : From Carterfone to Cable Boxes
Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013
substantial risks that Carterfone-type regulation would commoditize wireless network services in a way that could substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050800