Economically the net neutrality debate focuses on the question whether services of different quality should be subject to price discrimination. The debate strongly affects the interaction between the players that are involved in the provision of online content. The authors analyse this...

In this paper, we analyze the strategic function of gas storage focusing on how gas storage decisions impact competition between gas companies on both spot and downstream markets. Using a two-tier oligopolistic structure, we first show that gas storage is actually used strategically even in a...

The aim of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of asymmetric regulation, which allows a new mobile network operator to set higher termination rates than the incumbent operator. We assume that there are two market segments: one in which operators compete on equal terms, with a new...

[fre] Cet article étudie la question de l’articulation entre réglementation et politique de la concurrence dans le cadre de l’économie d’Internet. Nous nous intéressons en particulier au contrôle du pouvoir de marché des backbones. Pour cela, nous construisons un jeu en deux étapes....

This paper studies the interplay between network investment and content quality on the Internet, and investigates the implications to the net neutrality regime. We assume a model in which a network operator provides access to consumers and content providers. The network operator offers two...

Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely deregulated environment, but recently governments have shown great interest in this rapidly developing sector and are imposing regulations for a variety of reasons that are...

[eng] This article examines the strategic role of gas storage and its regulation in an environment comprising a gas spot market. In keeping with the literature on the topic, we view storage as an instrument that a supplier uses to ensure flexibility when meeting peak demand. In that situation,...