Frontier Publications
- Google itFirm strategy in communication device, platform and application integrationBulletin | 18.11.2011.
- Thinking outside the box: calculating damagesReflections on major cartel cases in AustraliaBulletin | 27.04.2011.
- Where convergence exposes divergenceImplications of convergence on broadcast licensingBulletin | 06.04.2011.
- Green is GoodClimate Institute study on clean energy jobsBulletin | 03.03.2011.
- Blurring the distinction between carbon costs and pricesBulletin | 08.12.2010.
- What’s the cost of carbon uncertainty?The impact of delayed investment in the power sectorBulletin | 08.11.2010.
- Third time luckyMobile termination regulation in New ZealandBulletin | 17.09.2010.
- Keep 'em un-coordinatedCoordinated effects in mergersBulletin | 19.08.2010.
- The times, they’re a changin’Using economics to adapt to climate changeBulletin | 11.08.2010.
- Economic Analysis of the RSPTWith a postscript on the negotiated outcomePaper | 05.07.2010.
Patching up the waterbed
Pricing and profits in the mobile telephony marketIn the past few years, European regulators have been grappling with the problem of constraining the excess profits they fear that mobile networks can earn from charges for connecting calls levied on fixed-line operators and other mobile companies. The vivid image of the "waterbed" illustrates the argument that pushing down one set of charges would only result in a price bulge elsewhere. To discover why and when this may be the case however requires rigorous modelling of the relationship between pricing behaviour and the intensity of competition in these markets.
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