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We discuss network neutrality regulation of the Internet in the context of a two-sided market model. Platforms sell … regulation (requiring zero fees to content providers): there exist parameter ranges for which network neutrality regulation … content providers. However, for other parameter values, network neutrality regulation can decrease total surplus. Extending …
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We discuss network neutrality regulation of the Internet in the context of a two-sided market model. Platforms sell … regulation (requiring zero fees to content providers): there exist parameter ranges for which network neutrality regulation … content providers. However, for other parameter values, network neutrality regulation can decrease total surplus. Extending …
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The present paper analyses competition in the crowdfunding market in the light of the theory of two-sided markets, with …
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This paper investigates how privacy regulation affects the structure of online markets. We provide a simple theoretical … derive empirically testable hypotheses regarding a possibly asymmetric effect of privacy regulation on large and small firms … using a diff-diff-diff model with heterogeneous treatment timing. Our theoretical model predicts that privacy regulation may …
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We show that U.S. banks price deposits almost uniformly across their branches and that this pricing practice is crucial to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between the deposit rates of the acquired branches and the...
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Over the past decade, an increasing number of firms have delegated pricing decisions to algorithms in consumer markets such as travel, entertainment, and retail; business markets such as digital advertising; and platform markets such as ride-sharing. This trend, driven primarily by the increased...
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envisioned role of policy and regulation. This paper explores the rationales, strengths, and weaknesses of specific policies that … are currently debated, including the regulation of backhaul services, network rollout targets, MVNO obligations, network …
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are able to identify the effect of quality regulation on the behavior of internet providers in a differentiated product … regulation is a more intense product differentiation that contributes to demand expansion and therefore to improve broadband …
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