| 书目名称 | Opening Networks to Competition | | 副标题 | The Regulation and P | | 编辑 | David Gabel,David F. Weiman | | 视频video | | | 丛书名称 | Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | David Gabel and David F. Weiman The chapters in this volwne address the related problems of regulating and pricing access in network industries. Interconnection between network suppliers raises the important policy questions of how to sustain competition and realize economic efficiency. To foster rivalry in any industry, suppliers must have access to customers. But unlike in other sectors, the very organization of network industries creates major impediments to potential entrants trying to carve out a niche in the market. In traditional sectors such as gas, electric, rail, and telephone services, these barriers take the form of the large private and social costs necessary to duplicate the physical infrastructure of pipelines, wires, or tracks. Few firms can afford to finance such an undertaking, because the level of sunk costs and the very large scale economies make it extremely risky. In other newer sectors, entrants face less tangible but no less pressing constraints. In the microcomputer industry, for example, high switching costs can prevent users from experimenting with alternative, but perhaps more efficient hardware platforms or operating systems. Although gateway technologi | | 出版日期 | Book 1998 | | 关键词 | Potential; Software; communication; interconnect; model; network; organizations | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5483-7 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4613-7505-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4615-5483-7Series ISSN 2730-7468 Series E-ISSN 2730-7476 | | issn_series | 2730-7468 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998 |
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