Two-part Access Pricing and Imperfect Competition
Data
01.01.1998
01.01.1998
Autori
Tommaso M. Valletti
Codice JEL
D43,L51,L96
D43,L51,L96
Parole chiave:
Access pricing,Input price discrimination
Access pricing,Input price discrimination
Publisher
Economy and Society
Economy and Society
Editor
Fausto Panunzi
Fausto Panunzi
This paper considers a vertically separated industry with an upstream monopolist who supplies an essential input to two downstream Cournot firms. This situation is relevant to a number of sectors, including the telecommunications industry where trunk operators must have access to the local network of an incumbent firm to provide their long-distance service. The paper analyses two-part access pricing and input price discrimination under different regulatory settings, and it finds that discrimination may produce adverse welfare effects when it is practised by the unregulated upstream firm.