The environmental impact of Internet regulation

IF 4.5 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2023.101060

Jean-Christophe Poudou , Wilfried Sand-Zantman

引用次数: 1

Abstract

We address the need to regulate Internet infrastructure usage to take into account environmental externalities. We model the interactions between an internet service provider and some content providers in settings where the former chooses the network size and the latter influence congestion on the network. We then discuss how different regulatory frameworks (Net Neutrality, Laissez-Faire, Price Regulation) impact both the economic efficiency and the environmental performance. In particular, we highlight that inducing more efficiency effort from the content providers may either improve or worsen the final environmental outcome, and provide some conditions for one case or the other to prevail.

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互联网监管对环境的影响

我们处理监管互联网基础设施使用的需要，以考虑环境外部性。我们对互联网服务提供商和一些内容提供商之间的交互进行了建模，其中前者选择网络规模，后者影响网络拥塞。然后，我们讨论了不同的监管框架(网络中立、自由放任、价格监管)如何影响经济效率和环境绩效。我们特别强调，诱导内容提供商提高效率的努力可能会改善或恶化最终的环境结果，并为一种情况或另一种情况的盛行提供一些条件。

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来源期刊

Information Economics and Policy ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

10.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： IEP is an international journal that aims to publish peer-reviewed policy-oriented research about the production, distribution and use of information, including these subjects: the economics of the telecommunications, mass media, and other information industries, the economics of innovation and intellectual property, the role of information in economic development, and the role of information and information technology in the functioning of markets. The purpose of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum for theoretical and empirical research that addresses the needs of other researchers, government, and professionals who are involved in the policy-making process. IEP publishes research papers, short contributions, and surveys.