Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82672 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2003:25
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the ”Bronner criterion”, proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to illustrate that, from a welfare point-of-view, the Bronner criterion may provide too little monopoly protection for the incumbent in high-risk new markets, while requiring too much investments from the entrant in moderately mature markets.
Subjects: 
Infrastructure
access regulation
competition law
antitrust
Bronner
JEL: 
L43
L51
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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