Access price regulation is used in telecommunications to prevent that a vertically integrated firm, that controls an essential input, raises the rivals` costs. When the authorities remove the access price as a strategic ...

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 agency model is a business format used by online digital platform providers (such as Apple and Google) in which retail pricing decisions are delegated to upstream content providers subject to a fixed revenue-sharing ...

Det siste året har spekulasjoner rundt asymmetriske innkjøpspriser preget det norske dagligvaremarkedet og den dagsaktuelle debatten har skapt en kamp om sannheten blant aktørene i markedet. Foreløpig finner vi få ...

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 ...

Denne utredningen tar for seg økonomisk styring og budsjettbruk i norske fotballklubber. Formålet er å kartlegge hvordan budsjettet brukes på tvers av divisjonene og om det er tilpasset de ulike klubbenes omgivelser. Utredningen ...

The purpose of this article is to provide a simple introduction to the Internet’s value system and historical development from an economic point of view. One of the central themes that we discuss is whether increased user ...

Mobile phone usage when travelling abroad is expensive. In contrast to domestic voice call prices, entry of new firms does not put a downward wholesale and retail price pressure on mobile usage abroad. The network connection ...

Det norske bensinmarkedet har i 14 år praktisert en prissetting, der prisene økes på spesifikke ukedager. I november 2017 annonserte Circle K at de ville bryte det faste ukemønsteret, for å oppnå jevnere priser gjennom ...