Network Economics Principles - Strategies - Competition Policy /

• Main Author: Knieps, Günter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Transportation.; Computers.; Microeconomics.; Industrial organization.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Economic Policy.

This textbook on network economics provides essential microeconomic instruments for the analysis of network sectors like telecommunications, transport or energy. Network-specific characteristics emerge both on the cost side and benefit side, requiring network providers to develop innovative entrepre...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Network Economics
• Decision-Relevant Costs
• Congestion Externalities
• Strategies for Price Differentiation
• Auctions
• Compatibility Standards in Networks
• Universal Service
• Market Power Regulation
• The Positive Theory of Regulation.