Network Competition and Entry Deterrence

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Tommaso M. Valletti

Imperial College Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Joan Calzada

University of Barcelona - Department of Political Economics

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Date Written: November 2005

Abstract

We develop a model of logit demand that extends to a multi-firm industry the traditional duopoly framework of network competition with access charges. Firstly, we show that, when incumbents do not face the threat of entry and compete in prices, they inefficiently establish the reciprocal access charge below cost. This inefficiency disappears if incumbents compete in utilities instead of prices. Secondly, we study how incumbents change their choices under the threat of entry when they determine an industry-wide (non-discriminatory) access charge. We show how incumbents may accommodate all possible entrants, only a group of them, or may completely deter entry. When entry deterrence is the preferred option, incumbents distort upwards the access charges.

Keywords: Telecommunications, interconnection, entry deterrence

JEL Classification: L41

Suggested Citation

Valletti, Tommaso M. and Calzada, Joan, Network Competition and Entry Deterrence (November 2005). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5381, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=886366

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