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under competition law-based sector governance (the period from 1987 to 2001) and under industry-specific regulation (2001 to … incurred in the deployment of new applications and technologies relative to the competition law regime as participants engage … in strategic gaming with politicians and the regulator and respond predictably to the range of incentives offered under …
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This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show … bilateral negotiations. A lighthanded regulatory policy can induce effective competition. Call prices are close to the marginal …
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instill the sector with much needed competition. The new regulatory effort in Mexico allows for a comparison of the current …
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being made. In this Article, we examine the economic principles that should govern competition and regulatory policies … Canadian cable television industry should be protected from competition while it upgrades its network to provide interactive …
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In the last few years, U.S. telecoms policy has shifted from encouraging the sharing of existing networks to facilitating the deployment of advanced communications networks. Given the large capital expenditures required for these networks, there can be only a few of such networks. In light of...
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tries to identify in particular to what extent intra- and inter-platform competition contribute to accelerating the speed of … diffusion. Panel data analysis results indicate that both types of competition significantly affect the the rate of diffusion …, although with different effects. Intra-platform competition seems to have a positive impact only initially on the rate of …
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Over the last few years, the European Commission and the competition authorities of a number of (Member) States have … the market. Second, competition authorities have identified a series of practices linked with the buying and selling of … premium content, which could generate serious restrictions of competition. The collective selling of football rights, for …
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This paper empirically investigates market behavior and firms' lobbying in a unified structural setup. In a sequential game, where firms lobby for regulation before they compete in the product market, we derive a testable measure of lobbying coordination. Applying the setting to the early U.S....
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welfare level for three alternative models of downstream competition. For each particular model, it derives the range of input … entrant to undertake the efficient decision in the case of Cournot competition and is not necessarily socially optimal in the …-based competition and encouraging facilities-based competition. Therefore, this article also provides the optimal access pricing policy …
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The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of … different regulatory provisions are assessed. Inter-firm competition in general and intra-platform competition on the incumbent … different access technologies and intra-platform competition on cable have such effects. Retail competition has about a twice as …
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