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Can regulation solve problems arising from a natural monopoly? This paper analyzes whether "unbundling", referring to regulations that enforce sharing of natural monopolistic infrastructure, prevents entrants from building new infrastructure. It models and estimates a dynamic entry game to...
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a problem? We study the question whether 'competition is only a free click away'. We argue that the market for Internet … search is characterized by indirect network externalities and construct a simple model of search engine competition, which …
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literature suggest a negative effect of (price) competition on investments in mobile networks. To the best of our knowledge this … auctions may alter competition in the mobile market. …
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a problem? We study the question whether "competition is only a free click away". We argue that the market for Internet … search is characterized by indirect network externalities and construct a simple model of search engine competition, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043618
Harold Demsetz once claimed that 'economics has no antitrust relevant theory of competition.' Demsetz offered this …-dimensional nature of competition. Competition does not take place upon a single margin, such as price competition, but several … dimensions that are often inversely correlated such that a liability rule deterring one form of competition will result in more …
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components of EU standardization policy and eventually factors in EU competition law analysis. We conclude by exploring the …
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prevent the fragmentation of market structure and an increase in the number of competitors, established competition and … barriers to entry. This Policy Paper draws from the analyses of competition developed over the last decade or so that offers … thinking is directly applicable to understanding the evolution of entry and competition in telecommunications markets and the …
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The paper investigates the economic effects of major product market reforms in some of the historically most protected non-manufacturing industries. It relies on a unique mapping between new annual data on reform shocks and sector-level outcomes for five network industries (electricity and gas,...
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debarment on public procurement. Debarment is found to make little difference in markets with high competition, while in markets … with low competition it may deter corruption as long as firms value public procurement contracts in the future and there is …
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differences in economic structure, panel data estimates show that prospective competition (as proxied by the number of years … remaining to liberalisation) and effective competition (as proxied by the share of new entrants or by the number of competitors …
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