Estimating Market Power in the Internet Backbone Using Band-X data

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Estimating Market Power in the Internet Backbone Using Band-X data

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Giovannetti, E.
Ristuccia, C.A.

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Emanuele Giovannetti

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Recent industry studies found the Internet backbone industry competitive. In our paper we explore a novel route to monitor for market power using prices and quality data from Band-X. First we test the hypothesis that Europe is a connectivity market on its own, unchallenged by the US and then, by using a Panel data Regression, we find that these markets are not very competitive since brand effects play a major role because price variations are only marginally affected by qualitative dimensions. More worryingly we find that companies with high prices are often able to supply an inferior quality I.P. transit.

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Paper provided by Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge in its series Cambridge Working Papers in Economics with number 0332.

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C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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