Blar i Discussion papers (SAM) 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...