Access regulation under asymmetric information about the entrant's efficiency

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-199

  Vareda, João ^a,b  

^a Autoridade da Concorrência and CEFAGE UE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Access pricing; Asymmetric information; Revelation principle; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ACCESS PRICES; ACCESS PRICING; ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; LOW DEMAND; ON-DEMAND; TWO-PART TARIFF;

ECONOMICS; SIGNALING;

COSTS;

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LINEARITY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 77249162597     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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