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Regulatory Competition in Network Interconnection Pricing

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Per J. Agrell () (Louvain School of Management and CORE, Université catholique de Louvain)
Jerome Pouyet (Department of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique France)

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This paper covers network investment problems under decentralized control of regulation, infrastructure ownership and management. The model features two countries managing domestic infrastructures, used simultaneously for downstream international service provision. Initially, the welfare losses from non-cooperative investment financing policy and access pricing are derived. The impact of strategic interaction between the countries' access prices on the choice of financing policy is investigated. Under strict budget balancing, there are no incentives for efficiency improving investments. Further, investment coordination is shown useless in the absence of regulatory coordination. Illustrations from European network regulation policy for energy and rail are presented.

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Article provided by Concept Economics in its journal Review of Network Economics.

Volume (Year): 7 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 111-135
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Keywords: regulation; infrastructure; access prices; Europe;

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