This paper analyzes the incentives that network operators have to invest in facilities with different levels of quality. We extend the framework of Armstrong-Laffont-Rey-Tirole by introducing an investment stage, prior to price competition, and we study the dynamic aspects of two-way access...

We re-consider the impact that regulation of call termination on mobile phones has had on mobile customers' bills. Using a large panel covering 27 countries, we find that the “waterbed” phenomenon, initially observed until early 2006, has disappeared over the 10-year period, 2002-2011. We...