superior to a regime without prioritization (network neutrality) but yields lower incentives for investment in network …

superior to a regime without prioritization (network neutrality) and yields higher incentives for investment in network …

This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory ….s investment incentive and social welfare. Furthermore, the investment level is higher if the regulated ISP is allowed to charge … the CPs. Finally, a socially optimal investment can be opposite to the ISP's choice when the contents are enough …

investment ladders and access holidays. Finally we relate this dualism and the need for relevant combination to the issue of the … third party access to the obliged to grant access party and we focus on the relation between these consequences and …

This paper analyzes the incentives to invest in Next Generation Access Networks (NGA) in a framework with horizontal … product differentiation with price competition between an investing and an access seeking firm. Given uncertainty about the ….e. the implemented access regime. The optimal regulatory policy is not only subject to the probability that the NGA succeed …

particular, it focuses on broadband investment made by entrants. Starting from late Nineties telecommunications incumbents of … negative or null impact of unbundling obligations on incumbents’ investment, research on the relationship between LLU and new … entrants’ investment, albeit growing, has not yet reached a coherent body of results. We have tested two propositions. First …

provider, the investment also affects the incoming traffic from competitive networks. The European Commission asks national … encourages infrastructure investments. The investment incentive of this regulation scheme has been multiply proven in the … assumed importance of regulation for investment incentives. Moreover, investments and, in particular, the resulting change in …