2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Research on Infrastructure Penetration and Transition of Market Structure in Network Industries
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21530243
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIZUNO Keizo 関西学院大学, 商学部, 教授 (40229703)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUSHIMA Noriaki 大阪大学, 社会経済研究所, 教授 (80334879)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKII Katsuya 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 准教授 (70346138)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ユニバーサル・サービス規制 / 戦略的インフラ投資 / 接続料金規制 / 接続スピルオーバー効果 / サービス・ベース企業 / 施設ベース企業 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research examines the effect of regulation and a firm's strategic behavior on infrastructure penetration and market structures in network industries. We obtain two main analytical results. First, a dynamic analysis shows that universal service obligation induces the delay of infrastructure penetration, which in turn implies the enhancement of inequality among customers. Second, the strategic investment behavior of an infrastructure owner can distort access regulation, and it also induces overuse of a bypass(i. e., underuse of access) from a welfare perspective.
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