Efficient usage and access pricing in telephone networks Export

@article{citeulike:445634, abstract = {This paper investigates how outgoing and incoming access effects and outgoing and incoming call effects can be internalized by efficient pricing in telephone networks. We find that both caller pays and receiver pays usage pricing are needed to internalize all call effects when consumers use caller ID. The sum of the efficient caller pays and receiver pays usage prices for any call is always less than or equal to the cost of that call. These efficient usage prices internalize not just all call effects but also all access effects implying that access should be priced at its marginal cost.}, author = {Macdonald, Ian A. and Meriluoto, Laura}, citeulike-article-id = {445634}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.04.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V8P-4G9R1BS-2/2/ea6f36d97bc6387e9ef1a4d9747fe9a0}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.04.001}, journal = {International Journal of Industrial Organization}, keywords = {economics, industrial\_organisation, industrialorganisation, information\_economics, informationeconomics, network\_economics, networkeconomics, technoeconomics, telecommunications}, month = {September}, number = {7-8}, pages = {615--623}, posted-at = {2005-12-20 18:59:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Efficient usage and access pricing in telephone networks}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.04.001}, volume = {23}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:445634 L3 - citeulike-article-id:445634 N2 - This paper investigates how outgoing and incoming access effects and outgoing and incoming call effects can be internalized by efficient pricing in telephone networks. We find that both caller pays and receiver pays usage pricing are needed to internalize all call effects when consumers use caller ID. The sum of the efficient caller pays and receiver pays usage prices for any call is always less than or equal to the cost of that call. These efficient usage prices internalize not just all call effects but also all access effects implying that access should be priced at its marginal cost. IS - 7-8 JF - International Journal of Industrial Organization EP - 623 TI - Efficient usage and access pricing in telephone networks VL - 23 SP - 615 KW - economics KW - industrial_organisation KW - industrialorganisation KW - information_economics KW - informationeconomics KW - network_economics KW - networkeconomics KW - technoeconomics KW - telecommunications AU - Macdonald, Ian AU - Meriluoto, Laura PY - 2005/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.04.001 ER -