This paper examines the causes and effects of mobile number portability (MNP) and provides a survey of its implementation in Europe. It first examines the competitive effects and costs of introducing MNP. Next, it discusses how to charge for MNP. It argues that a price cap regime starting from...

Die deutsche Telekommunikationspolitik hat in den letzten 15 Jahren vor allem durch angebotsseitige De- und Re-Regulierung viel erreicht: Drastisch sinkende Preise, zusätzliche Auswahl für Verbraucher, abnehmende Marktkonzentrationen, innovative Dienste und neue Netze kennzeichnen heute die...

Die deutsche Telekommunikationspolitik hat in den letzten 15 Jahren vor allem durch angebotsseitige De- und Re-Regulierung viel erreicht: Drastisch sinkende Preise, zusätzliche Auswahl fur Verbraucher, abnehmende Marktkonzentrationen, innovative Dienste und neue Netze kennzeichnen heute die...

This paper analyzes a sequential game where firms decide about outsourcing the production of a non-specific input good to an imperfectly competitive input market. We apply the taxonomy of business strategies introduced by Fudenberg and Tirole (1984) to characterize the different equilibria. We...

This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...

This paper examines the causes and effects of mobile number portability (MNP) and provides a survey of its implementation in Europe. We first examine the competitive effects and the costs of introducing MNP. Next, we discuss how to charge for MNP. We argue that a price cap regime starting from...

In the literature on international trade, very little attention has been given to informational asymmetries between firms and consumers with respect to product quality. The few economic models that analyze the question of how asymmetric information about product quality might affect trade flows...

In the literature on international trade, very little attention has been given toinformational asymmetries between firms and consumers with respect to product quality.The few economic models that analyze the question of how asymmetric informationabout product quality might affect trade flows...

This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...