Entry, access pricing, and welfare in the telecommunications industry

Stefan Behringer

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 102, issue 3, 185-188

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of entry on welfare in the Telecommunications industry. Equilibrium pricing parameters for monopoly and duopoly situations are determined where access charges are chosen non-cooperatively. Welfare comparisons between alternative access pricing regimes are also performed.

Keywords: Networks; Telecommunications; Competition; policy; Interconnection; Access; pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Entry, Access Pricing, and Welfare in the Telecommunications Industry (2005)
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