Blar i NHH Brage på emneord "regulation"
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Access pricing, quality degradation, and foreclosure in the Internet
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-03)Access to both a local and a global network is needed in order to get complete connection to the Internet. The purpose of this article is to examine the interplay between those two networks and how it affects the domestic ... -
The broadband access market : competition, uniform pricing and geographical coverage
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-12)In this paper we analyze the market for broadband access. A key feature of this market is that it is considerably more expensive to connect consumers in rural locations than in urban locations. We show that while competition ... -
The broadband access market : competition, uniform pricing and geographical coverage
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This paper analyzes some technological and political aspects of the market for broadband access. Broadband access is the last mile of the telecommunication network, and it is an essential component in order to offer broadband ... -
Competition between content distributors in two-sided markets
(Working paper;11/12, Working paper, 2012-05)We analyze strategic interactions between two competing distributors of an independent TV channel. Consistent with most of the relevant markets, we assume that the distributors set end-user prices while the TV channel sets ... -
Cost efficiency analysis based on the DEA and StoNED models : case of Norwegian electricity distribution companies
(Discussion papers;28/14, Working paper, 2014-06)Our paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic non-parametric envelopment of data (StoNED) to measure cost efficiency of electricity distribution companies. The data cover 123 Norwegian electricity ... -
Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
(Discussion paper;18/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model with international network effects from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis ... -
Employing endogenous access pricing to enhance incentives for efficient upstream operation
(Working paper;09/13, Working paper, 2013-01)Endogenous access pricing (ENAP) is an alternative to the more traditional form of access pricing that sets the access price to reflect the regulator’s estimate of the supplier’s average cost of providing access. Under ... -
International complementarities in the internet : should domestic local access prices be regulated?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-10)The Internet can be seen as the convergence of different industries like telecommunication, software, and media into an international oligopoly, where the end-user is offered a bundle consisting of complementary products ... -
International complementarities in the Internet : should local access prices be regulated?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-05)The Internet can be seen as the convergence of different industries, such as telecommunication, software and media, into an international oligopoly offering complementary products. In most of these industries we have ... -
Investment mechanism design and public policy for a natural gas grid
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)This paper discusses how the government can design investment mechanisms to induce a socially optimal capacity increase in a gas grid that is owned by a syndicate of gas producers. Designing the investment mechanisms, the ... -
Network ownership and optimal tariffs for natural gas transport
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)This paper addresses the issue of national optimal tariffs for transportation of natural gas in a setting where national gas production in its entirety is exported to end-user markets abroad. In a situation where the ... -
Network ownership and optimal tariffs for natural gas transport
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-10)This paper addresses the issue of national optimal tariffs for transportation of natural gas in a setting where national gas production in its entirety is exported to end-user markets abroad. In a situation where the ... -
Optimal tariff and ownership structure for a natural gas transportation network
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)This paper discusses how the government can set transportation tariffs to induce socially optimal transportation of natural gas in a network owned by a syndicate of gas producers. In a setting where the gas is exported to ... -
Pricing wind: A revenue adequate, cost recovering uniform price for electricity markets with intermittent generation
(Discussion paper;15/16, Working paper, 2016-09-06)With greater penetration of renewable generation, the uncertainty faced in electricity markets has increased substantially. Conventionally, generators are assigned a pre-dispatch quantity in advance of real time, based on ... -
Regulation, generic competition and pharmaceutical prices : theory and evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)We study the impact of regulatory regimes on generic competition and pharmaceutical pricing using a unique policy experiment in Norway, where reference pricing (RP) replaced price cap regulation in 2003 for a sub-sample ... -
Specification of merger gains in the Norwegian electricity distribution industry
(Discussion paper;7/16, Working paper, 2016-04-19)Electricity distribution often exhibits economies of scale. In Norway, a number of smaller distribution system operators exist and thus there is potential to restructure the industry, possibly through mergers. However, the ... -
Strategic regulation policy in the internet
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-07)Some countries are net importers while others are net exporters of global backbone access, content and other Internet services. At the same time, input components like local access are non-traded. This paper analyzes a ... -
Welfare effects of one-sided regulation when internationally traded complements are unregulated
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-10)We consider the effects of a one-sided price regulation of one of two complementary inputs. The provider of the regulated component is a domestic firm, while the provider of the other component is a foreign firm. This ...