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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Krämer, Jan | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Vogelsang, Ingo | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-08-13T10:39:04Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-08-13T10:39:04Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2012 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/60389 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | With the use of a laboratory experiment, we show the effects of co-investments on coverage, competition and price collusion in regulated network industries. On the one hand, co-investments turn out not to be a significant driver of new infrastructure investments beyond the level achieved by access regulation and they seem to facilitate tacit price collusion. On the other hand, co-investments economize on infrastructure investment costs and necessitate communication, which partially offset the aforementioned effects. In fact, communication between the firms on their future coverage, especially outside co-investments, seems to have a positive effect on investments. However, the surprising message of the experiment is that tacit collusion happens under co-investment although there is no reason to believe that it should and although we made almost every effort to prevent it. Our results indicate that regulators should evaluate co-investments with scrutiny as there are definite drawbacks that must be considered. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | ITS Wien | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | 23rd European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunication Society, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 July 2012 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | C92 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L13 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L50 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L97 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | experimental economics | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | network industries | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | co-investment | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | collusion | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | regulation | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Co-investments and tacit collusion in regulated network industries: Experimental evidence | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Conference Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 720905672 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:itse12:60389 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | 23rd European Regional ITS Conference, Vienna 2012
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