Asymmetric Equilibria and Non-Cooperative Access Pricing in Telecommunications

Behringer, Stefan (2008): Asymmetric Equilibria and Non-Cooperative Access Pricing in Telecommunications.

Abstract

This paper looks at competition in the Telecommunications industry with non-linear tariffs and network based price discrimination. Allowing for asymmetric networks and non-cooperatively chosen access prices simultaneously allows to explicitly derive non-reciprocal equilibrium access price choices that are above the efficient level.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Asymmetric Networks, Access Pricing, Interconnection, Competition Policy, Telecommunications
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L96 - Telecommunications; L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L51 - Economics of Regulation; L - Industrial Organization > L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies > L41 - Monopolization ; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices; K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law > K21 - Antitrust Law; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D40 - General

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