Net Neutrality, Business Models, and Internet Interconnection
研究了网络中立性监管在双边市场中的效果,发现内容提供商对传输质量的敏感度不同时,中立网络与非中立网络的均衡不同,网络中立性的优劣取决于内容提供商的商业模式。
We analyze the effect of net neutrality regulation in a two-sided market framework when content is heterogeneous in its sensitivity to delivery quality. We characterize the equilibrium in a neutral network constrained to offer the same quality vis-à-vis a nonneutral network where Internet service providers are allowed to engage in second-degree price discrimination with a menu of quality-price pairs. We find that the merit of net neutrality regulation depends crucially on content providers' business models. More generally, our analysis can be considered a contribution to the literature on second-degree price discrimination in two-sided platform markets.