Optimal Price Subsidy for Universal Internet Service Provision

Internet Routing and Internet Service Provision

Internet Routing and Internet Service Provision

Quality of Service Parameters for Internet Service Provision

Issues in Residential Broadband Internet Service Provision

The CATV industry sees itself as extending to become a FSN (full service network) provider, and so would like to offer data services, notably IP (Internet Protocol) connectivity. Cable companies have the raw network capacity to the home that gives them the potential to offer broadband services that can not be matched by traditional PSTN/modem connectivity. In the home, SoHo (small-office/home-o...

Broadband Internet access in developing countries: Universal service provision and pricing schemes

Income inequality and the existence of rural areas where access is difficult may mean that the entire population does not have access to a network facility. The reasons are the existence of large sunk costs and low service affordability. The former strongly depends on geography and historical circumstances. The latter is also positively correlated with GDP per capita. We present a model in whic...

Optimal Food Stamp Subsidy Scheme

This paper constructs a simple model to illustrate that the current food stamp subsidy scheme fails to achieve its aim due to the crowding-out effect. In particular, if the household income is sufficiently low, only the corner solution exists and full subsidy is needed. The optimal food stamp subsidy scheme is identified and the subsidy efficiency rate is introduced to measure the impact on foo...