Network Neutrality and Network Management Regulation: Quality ofService, Price Discrimination, and Exclusive Contracts

摘要

We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network managementregulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality ofService and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality ofService but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality ofService and price discrimination but no exclusive contracts; and (iv) noregulation: the network operator can sell exclusive rights to contentproviders. We compare the equilibrium outcomes explicitly accounting fordynamic incentives to invest in improving the Quality of Service offeredto each content provider. We provide a ranking Quality of Service andnetwork operator profits across regimes.