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Welfare Analysis of Regulating Mobile Termination Rates in the UK (with an Application to the Orange/T-Mobile Merger)

Harbord, David; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper presents results from a calibrated welfare model of the UK mobile telephony market which includes many mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; networkbased price discrimination; and call externalities. The analysis focuses on the short-run effects of adopting lower...

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Market Definition in the Telecoms Industry

Gual, Jordi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

assesses whether the general principles need to be adapted when dealing with the telecommunications services industry. The …

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Price Squeezes in a Regulatory Environment

Bouckaert, Jan; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

practitioners and economists, taking the existing regulatory environment as fixed. Based on the degree of existing regulation (full … telecommunications. …

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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications

Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas P. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show … negotiations. A light-handed regulatory policy can induce effective competition. Call prices are close to the marginal cost if the …

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Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband

Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

technology (cable) which is not subject to regulation, and what we discover is that inter-platform competition has a positive …

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Regulation Games

Gilbert, Richard; Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

We examine regulation as a repeated game between a regulator and a utility facing a Markovian sequence of demands. Sunk … regulation can improve on these equilibrium outcomes, although at higher consumer costs, and only if state-contingent transfers …

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Can Competition Replace Regulation for Small Utility Customers?

Green, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

regulation in telecommunications, where marginal costs are lower, demand elasticity higher, and entrants can give more 'added … make the regulation of consumer prices unnecessary. In this paper, entrants offer (differentiated) 'added value', but …

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The Race for Telecoms Infrastructure Investment with Bypass: Can Access Regulation Achieve the First-best?

Vareda, Bastos; Miguel, João; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

regulation if the follower’s private incentives are dominated by business-stealing. Here access holidays can improve welfare by …

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Geographic Access Rules and Investments

Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We analyze competition between vertically integrated infrastructure operators that provide access in different geographical areas. A regulator may impose a uniform access price, set local access rates, or deregulate access locally. We analyze the impact of these alternative regulatory regimes on...

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Net Neutrality with Competing Internet Platforms

Bourreau, Marc; Kourandi, Frago; Valletti, Tommaso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

study the effect of a net neutrality regulation on capacity investments in the market for Internet access, and on innovation …

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