Universal Service Obligations Quality Standard and Competition. The paper analyses the consequences of introducing together universal service (US) obligations and a quality standard on firms’ strategies and competition. We consider a model of vertical differentiation ; the number of consumers depending on US is then endogenous. We examine two financing methods : by sharing out the US consumers between the firms or by setting up a US fund financed by taxation. In both cases, the introduction of US obligations with a quality standard increases the quality and intensifies competition. However the two financing methods have different impacts on prices and incentives to reduce the US cost. In the case of sharing out, the prices of the firms dec...
This paper focuses on the choice of the access charge by an operator through a decentralized mechani...
This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration on product quality. Contrary to previous find...
The imposition of universal coverage and uniform pricing constraints, as part of the universal servi...
Universal service obligations impose specific costs on the universal service provider and the latter...
International audienceThis article examines the influence of a private entrant’ nationality upon its...
In industries like telecom, postal services or energy provision, universal service obligations (unif...
Universal Service Obligations and Competition in Networks. The opening of public networks to competi...
We model the introduction of a minimum quality standard in a vertically differentiated duopoly. We e...
The liberalisation of the postal sector makes necessary to analyse the effect of entry in the mainte...
peer reviewedIn the postal sector, the financial burden of the universal service depends on its cont...
Universal service obligations are usually not competitively neutral as they modify the way firms com...
This article explores the complementary roles of price regulation and universal service regulation i...
Défini comme un ensemble de mesures d'intérêt général compatibles avec un fonctionnement concurrenti...
This paper relates to the current discussion about how to measure the net cost and unfair burden of ...
The imposition of universal coverage and uniform pricing constraints, as part of the universal servi...
This paper focuses on the choice of the access charge by an operator through a decentralized mechani...
This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration on product quality. Contrary to previous find...
The imposition of universal coverage and uniform pricing constraints, as part of the universal servi...
Universal service obligations impose specific costs on the universal service provider and the latter...
International audienceThis article examines the influence of a private entrant’ nationality upon its...
In industries like telecom, postal services or energy provision, universal service obligations (unif...
Universal Service Obligations and Competition in Networks. The opening of public networks to competi...
We model the introduction of a minimum quality standard in a vertically differentiated duopoly. We e...
The liberalisation of the postal sector makes necessary to analyse the effect of entry in the mainte...
peer reviewedIn the postal sector, the financial burden of the universal service depends on its cont...
Universal service obligations are usually not competitively neutral as they modify the way firms com...
This article explores the complementary roles of price regulation and universal service regulation i...
Défini comme un ensemble de mesures d'intérêt général compatibles avec un fonctionnement concurrenti...
This paper relates to the current discussion about how to measure the net cost and unfair burden of ...
The imposition of universal coverage and uniform pricing constraints, as part of the universal servi...
This paper focuses on the choice of the access charge by an operator through a decentralized mechani...
This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration on product quality. Contrary to previous find...
The imposition of universal coverage and uniform pricing constraints, as part of the universal servi...