Access prices are important for competition in formerly monopolistic industries, and also for industries where competition has long been established such as payment and credit card networks or mobile telecommunications. Organized into five parts, this book provides theoretical and empirical analyses in access pricing and related topics.

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Systematically reviews recent innovations in the economic theory of pricing and extends results to the conditions which characterize telecommunications markets

This report addresses the regulation of access to telecommunication networks. Development of competition and the success of liberalisation often depend on the access terms and conditions chosen, and public policy interest in getting these terms and conditions right is important.