Vertical Product Differentiation, Network Competition and Regulation of Connectivity

Lanzi, Diego (2001) Vertical Product Differentiation, Network Competition and Regulation of Connectivity. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 22. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4896. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (405). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

In this paper competition between two network firms is analysed under two alternative regulatory regimes: a global connectivity regulation (GCR) and an efficient component pricing regulation (ECPRe). Whereas a GCR imposes a full quality of reciprocal interconnection, firms will choose vertical product differentiation in order to lower price competition, while under a ECPRe they will choose the maximum level of services quality and a global degradation of connectivity. Hence firms’ decisions about whether or not vertically differentiate products seems to be, at least partially, related to regulatory rules imposed on the market.

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