Dominant Firm Pricing with Competitive Entry and Regulation: The Case of IntraLATA Toll

Larry Blank, David L Kaserman and John Mayo

Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1998, vol. 14, issue 1, 35-53

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a generalized model of a dominant firm-competitive fringe industry in which products are differentiated, costs vary across suppliers, and the dominant firm is subject to alternative regulatory regimes. The model yields an equilibrium condition that can be tested empirically using data on Bell Operating Companies' pricing of intraLATA toll telephone service. Estimation of a reduced form price equation provides strong support for the theoretical model. Of particular interest, the results suggest that dominant firm (Bell Operating Company) toll prices are driven down by the presence of actual and potential fringe competitors (interexchange carriers) when entry is authorized by the state. Additionally, the results fail to provide evidence that the introduction of incentive regulation or price-cap regulation has reduced intraLATA toll prices. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 1998
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