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IEPOL
2008
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Interconnection and competition among asymmetric networks in the Internet backbone market
We examine the interrelation between interconnection and competition in the Internet backbone market. Networks that are asymmetric in size choose among different interconnection r...
Eric Jahn, Jens Prüfer
IEPOL
2006
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Publishers, artists, and copyright enforcement
This paper investigates whether and to what extent there is a conflict of interest between artists and their publishers, regarding to whether and to what degree illegal distributi...
Amit Gayer, Oz Shy
IEPOL
2006
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A model of piracy
This paper develops a simple model of software piracy to analyze the short-run effects of piracy on software usage and the long-run effects on development incentives. We consider ...
Sang Hoo Bae, Jay Pil Choi
IEPOL
2006
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Multi-level markets and incentives for information goods
The free-rider phenomenon which impedes the marketing of information goods is conventionally countered by copyright protection regulations and technology. Alternative ways to mark...
Andreas U. Schmidt
IEPOL
2006
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On the design of input prices: Can TELRIC prices ever be optimal?
The optimal design of input prices is analyzed in a simple setting where the regulator has limited knowledge of efficient production costs. Under some conditions, input prices are...
David E. M. Sappington
IEPOL
2006
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The quantitative evaluation of the economic impact of e-government: A structural modelling approach
I propose a quantitative methodology to analyze the economic impact of e-government based on structural modeling, allowing for a careful description of the underlying theoretical ...
Lucio Picci
IEPOL
2006
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Collusion without communication
Tacit cartels did not arise in experimental triopoly markets even with the help of detailed instructions to prospective cartel members on how to coordinate actions. In duopoly mar...
Astri Muren, Roger Pyddoke
IEPOL
2006
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Platform competition and broadband uptake: Theory and empirical evidence from the European union
Broadband access provides users with high speed, always-on connectivity to the Internet. Due to its superiority, broadband is seen as the way for consumers and firms to exploit th...
Walter Distaso, Paolo Lupi, Fabio M. Manenti
IEPOL
2006
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Individual and collective determinants of academic scientists' productivity
: The paper analyses the scientific research production of more than a thousand faculty members at Louis Pasteur University, a large and wellranked European research university. Th...
Nicolas Carayol, Mireille Matt