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Entry, access pricing, and welfare in the telecommunications industry. (English) Zbl 1176.91043

Summary: This paper investigates the effects of entry on welfare in the telecommunications industry. Equilibrium pricing parameters for monopoly and duopoly situations are determined where access charges are chosen non-cooperatively. Welfare comparisons between alternative access pricing regimes are also performed.

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91B24 Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets)
91B64 Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation)
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