Stephen P. King

Monash University - Department of Economics

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1.

A Theoretical Analysis of Credit Card Regulation

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2002-11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jan 2003
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Credit card associations, payment systems, interchange fee, price discrimination, no surcharge rule

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Paying for Loyalty: Product Bundling in Oligopoly

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Paying for Loyalty: Product Bundling in Oligopoly

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2004-06
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Feb 2004
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Bundling, discounts, integration, imperfect competition

Paying for Loyalty: Product Bundling in Oligopoly

Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 43-62, March 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 May 2006
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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The Neutrality of Interchange Fees in Payment Systems

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2001-03
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jul 2001
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Credit card associations, payment systems, interchange fee, neutrality, no surcharge rule

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Mobile Network Competition, Customer Ignorance and Fixed-to-Mobile Call Prices

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Mar 2000
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Regulating Interchange Fees in Payment Systems

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2001-17
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Oct 2001
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Credit card associations, payment systems, interchange fee, price discrimination, no surcharge rule

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Using 'Bill and Keep' Interconnect Arrangements to Soften Network Competition

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 99-12
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Dec 1999
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Competition Regulation in Australia: A Report Card (The 2011 Colin Clark Lecture)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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competition regulation, antitrust, ATM reform, bank account portability, Colin Clark

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Regulating Termination Charges for Telecommunications Networks

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No.2000-13
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Oct 2000
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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First Author Conditions

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First Author Conditions

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jun 1998
Maxim Engers, Joshua S. Gans, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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First-Author Conditions

Posted: 16 Aug 1999
Maxim Engers, Joshua S. Gans, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics

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Regulating Endogenous Customer Switching Costs

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No.2000-12
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Oct 2000
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Numbers to the People: Regulation, Ownership and Local Number Portability

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Jun 2000
Joshua S. Gans, Stephen P. King and Graeme Woodbridge
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Monash University - Department of Economics and Frontier Economics, Inc.
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Patent Length and the Timing of Innovative Activity

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Patent Length and the Timing of Innovative Activity

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2004-19
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jul 2004
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Invention, patent length, patent breadth, timing, R&D expenditures

Patent Length and the Timing of Innovative Activity

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 55, Issue 4, pp. 772-772, December 2007
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Access Holidays and the Timing of Infrastructure Investment

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Access Holidays and the Timing of Infrastructure Investment

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No.2002-14
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Jan 2003
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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access pricing, essential facilities, infrastructure investment, access holidays, regulatory commitment

Access Holidays and the Timing of Infrastructure Investment

Economic Record, Vol. 80, pp. 89-100, March 2004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Mar 2004
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Patent Renewal Fees and Self-Funding Patent Offices

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Mar 2004
Joshua S. Gans, Stephen P. King and Ryan Lampe
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Monash University - Department of Economics and California State University, East Bay - Department of Economics
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Patents, renewal fees, incentives, self-funding

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Anti-Insurance: Analysing the Health Insurance System in Australia

Melbourne Business School Discussion Paper No. 2003-09
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 May 2003
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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health insurance, mixed system, rebate, anti-insurance

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Regulation, Competition and Banking Markets

CIFR Paper No. 034/2014
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Aug 2014
Stephen P. King and Rodney Maddock
Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash Business School
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Perfect Price Discrimination with Costless Arbitrage

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2005-15
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Jun 2005
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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price discrimination, arbitrage, personalised pricing, group pricing

18.

Contracts and Competition with Large Buyers

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Aug 2000
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Contestability, Complementary Inputs and Contracting: The Case of Harbour Towage

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Contestability, Complementary Inputs and Contracting: The Case of Harbour Towage

Melbourne Business School Working Paper No. 2003-10
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Apr 2003
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Contestability, Complementary Inputs and Contracting: The Case of Harbour Towage

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Dec 2003
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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An Agenda for Australia's National Competition Policy Inquiry

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Nov 2013
Chris Jose, Stephen P. King and Graeme Samuel
Herbert Smith Freehills, Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash Business School
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competition laws, national competition policy, antitrust

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Countervailing Power and Input Pricing: When is a Waterbed Effect Likely?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Apr 2012
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Does Tort Law Reform Help or Hurt Consumers?

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Does Tort Law Reform Help or Hurt Consumers?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jun 2009
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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tort law reform, insurance, malpractice

Does Tort Law Reform Help or Hurt Consumers?

Economic Record, Vol. 86, Issue 275, pp. 563-577, 2010
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jan 2011
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Structural and Behavioural Market Power Under the Trade Practices Act: An Application to Predatory Pricing

Australian Business Law Review (April 2004), Vol. 32, p. 83
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Nov 2012
Anthony Niblett, Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Competition Law, Antitrust, Predatory Pricing, Market Power, Australia

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Collective Bargaining by Business: Economic and Legal Implications

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jul 2013
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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collective bargaining, authorisation, bargaining group, collective selling, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

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Farmer Cooperatives and Competition: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Oct 2015
Brent Carney, David Haines and Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics, Monash University and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Cooperatives, farmer cooperative, agriculture cooperative, agriculture markets, market structure

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Buyer Groups and Buyer Power: The Effect on Outsiders

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Jun 2009
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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buyer groups, buyer power

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Reforming Free-to-Air Broadcasting in Australia

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Apr 2015
Brent Carney, Stephen P. King and Rodney Maddock
Monash University - Department of Economics, Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash Business School
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free-to-air television, spectrum management, broadcasting reform

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Proposed Merger Reforms

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Dec 2021
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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antitrust, competition law, competition policy, mergers, merger law

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Posted Prices and Bargaining: The Case of Monopoly

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Jun 2014
Stephen P. King and Demitra Patras
Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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posted price, bargaining, haggle, monopoly,

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A Surer Path to Banking Repair in Vietnam

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Oct 2015
Rodney Maddock, Stephen P. King, Hien Tran and Nga Pham
Monash Business School, Monash University - Department of Economics, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and La Trobe University
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Vietnam, banking, banking crisis, transition economy, financial system

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Rationalizing Rustic Regulators: How Should Australia's National Economic Regulators Be Reorganized?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jul 2014
Rodney Maddock, Joe Dimasi and Stephen P. King
Monash Business School, Monash Business School and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Regulation, Regulators, Competition regulation, Consumer protection regulation

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Direct Charging of Card Fees

Monash University, Australian Centre for Financial Studies, Working Paper May 2017
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jul 2017
Stephen P. King and Rodney Maddock
Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash Business School
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Payment cards, credit cards, interchange fees, payment card regulation

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Reviewing the Trade Practices Act: The Dawson Committee Inquiry

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Jan 2003
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Capping Bundle Discounts: Two Regulatory Rationales

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Dec 2019
Martin C. Byford and Stephen P. King
RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Monash University - Department of Economics
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mixed bundling, regulation, petrol retail, grocery retail

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Part IIIB - Why There is No Economic Case for Additional Access Regulation

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Aug 2021
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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competition law, essential facilities, infrastructure access, hold up, access regulation

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Competitive Neutrality in Access Pricing

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 128-136, June 2005
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Jul 2005
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Human Services: The Next Wave of Productivity Reform (QPC Productivity Lecture)

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Mar 2020
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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productivity reform, health, education, community services, human services

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Supermarkets and Shopper Dockets: The Australian Experience

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 30 Sep 2004
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Private or Public? Towards a Taxonomy of Optimal Ownership and Management Regimes

Economic Record, Vol. 84, Issue 266, pp. 366-377, September 2008
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Sep 2008
Stephen P. King and Rohan Pitchford
Monash University - Department of Economics and University of Sydney Business School
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Two‐Sided Markets

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 46, Issue 2, pp. 247-258, 2013
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 May 2013
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Buyer Groups, Antitrust and Outsiders

Economic Record, Vol. 89, Issue 284, pp. 1-18, 2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Competition Policy and the Competition Policy Review

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 48, Issue 4, pp. 402-409, 2015
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Dec 2015
Stephen P. King
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Options for Electricity Transmission Regulation in Australia

Posted: 12 Sep 2000
Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics

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The Role of Undertakings in Regulatory Decision-Making

Posted: 11 Jul 2000
Teresa Fels, Joshua S. Gans and Stephen P. King
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Monash University - Department of Economics

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Noise Pollution: Why Optimal Contracts Expose Managers to Short-Term Market Movements

Posted: 07 Sep 1999
Gerald T. Garvey, Simon Grant and Stephen P. King
Blackrock, Rice University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics

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