We consider a communications network in which users transmit beneficial information to each other at a cost. We …

alternative network structures (not just sub-networks) can and should influence the allocation of value among players on any given …Previous allocation rules for network games, such as the Myerson Value, implicitly or explicitly take the network … structure as fixed. In many situations, however, the network structure can be altered by players. This means that the value of …

. Two well-known network structures are hierarchies and communication networks. We give an overview of the most common …Agents participating in different kind of organizations, usually take different positions in some network structure … models of communication and hierarchy restrictions in cooperative games, compare different network structures with each other …

, driving carrier strategies. That vertical network policies help generate welfare gains is apparent via revealed consumer …

We analyse competition between perfectly substitutable networks. Monopolization can be sustained in equilibrium by … (off-net) networks is shown to restore competition. This regulation requires neither demand data nor information about call …

In this Policy Paper, we analyze the effects of quot;network neutralityquot; proposals that seek to mandate an … inconsistent with the stated desire of network neutrality proponents. As the model shows, these unintended consequences of such … network neutrality rules are the result of shifting costs to consumers that are more efficiently borne in the exchange between …

Optimal power flow (OPF) problems are focussing on the question how a power transmission network can be operated in the … model for the description of the transmission network, and assume linearly decreasing marginal cost of generators with … by a central authority who is aware of the network parameters and production characteristics. Furthermore, we assume that …