Published since January 1, 2002

Review of Network Economics

ISSN: 1446-9022

Editor-in-chief: Lukasz Grzybowski

Edited by: Georg Goetz, Pedro Pereira

Impact Factor: 0.529

About this journal

The Review of Network Economics seeks to help policy makers, academics, and practitioners keep informed of new research and policy debate in network economics and related subjects that are relevant to the study of network industries.

By publishing high quality research on topical issues relevant to network industries, it is hoped readers will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the economic issues involved and that this will improve the quality of decision making by private and public organisations, and debate among researchers. The articles can cover specific network industries, or may deal with general issues that have relevance to a number of different network industries, including topics in the economics of networks, regulation, competition law, or industrial organisation. Papers that provide insights into policy debates are especially welcome, as are up-to-date surveys, book reviews, and comments.

Topics

Network industries
Economics of networks
Regulation and competition law
Industrial organization
Energy
Market exchanges and intermediaries
Media
On-line services
Payment systems
Postal services
Software platforms
Telecommunications and transportation networks

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Up-to-date surveys, theoretical and empirical research articles, book reviews, and comments

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Newest research and policy debates in network economics
High quality research publications providing a better understanding of network industries
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Four issues/year
Content available since 2002 (Volume 1, Issue 1)
ISSN: 1446-9022

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Volume 20 Issue 2

June 2021

Publicly Available March 23, 2022

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Articles

September 14, 2021

Broadband Internet and Income Inequality

Georges V. Houngbonon, Julienne Liang

Page range: 55-99

Abstract

Digital technologies like the Internet can affect income inequality through increased demand for employment in manual and abstract jobs and reduced demand for employment in routine jobs. In this paper, we combine city-level income distribution and jobs data with broadband data from France to investigate the impact of broadband Internet access on income inequality. Using an instrumental variable estimation strategy, we find that broadband Internet reduces income inequality through increased employment in manual jobs. These effects increase with the availability of skilled workers and are significant in cities with a large service sector or high-speed Internet access. Further, the diffusion of broadband Internet comes with relatively greater benefits in low-income cities compared to high-income cities. Several robustness checks support these findings.

March 15, 2022

Card Acceptance by Small Merchants: An Application of the Tourist Test to Peru

Jose Aurazo, Milton Vega

Page range: 101-137

Abstract

This paper presents a first estimation of the tourist test threshold for interchange fees that makes Peruvian small merchants indifferent between accepting cash and debit cards at the point of sale. We use the tourist test model (initially proposed by Rochet and Tirole), including tax evasion (Aurazo and Vasquez’s model) as an extra factor in the merchants’ decision between cash and card payments. Also, we revisit the existing empirical approaches and propose a new empirical approach, coined as the cash-flow approach, which assumes that small merchants estimate the overall cost in terms of the average ticket related to cash and card payments. Using a Survey on private costs of payment instruments conducted by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru in 2019, our estimates suggest that the tourist test threshold for debit cards is lower than the current interchange fee until 2019, even if tax evasion is not considered. Also, this study helps policymakers to better understand the factors around the merchants’ decision that may be considered to foster digital payments.

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5-year Impact Factor	0.729
Cite Score	1.0
European Reference Index for the Humanities
Impact Factor	0.529
Journal Citation Indicator	0.18
SCImago Journal Rank	0.158
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.347

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Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)

Coordinating Editors
Georg Goetz (Justus-Liebig-University Glessen)
Pedro Pereira (University of Evora)

Editorial Board
Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech)
Jan Brueckner (Univesity of California-Irvine)
Carlo Cambini (Polytechnic University of Turin)
Lapo Filistrucchi (University of Florence)
Neil Gandal (Tel Aviv University)
Hanna Halaburda (New York University Stern School of Business)
Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics, INOVA)
Kai Hüschelrath (ZEW, Mannheim & University of Mannheim)
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Doh Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics)
Tobias Klein (CentER, TILEC, Tilburg University)
Jan Kramer (University of Passau)
Tobias Kretschmer (University of Munich)
Jean-Charles Rochet (University of Toulouse & University of Zurich)
Juan Rosellon (CIDE/Mexico City and DIW Berlin)
David Sappington (University of Florida)
Marius Schwartz (Georgetown University)
Tommasso Valletti (Imperial College London)
Frank Verboven (University of Leuven)
Ingo Vogelsang (Boston University)
Alex White (Tsinghua University School of Economics)
Christine Zulehner (Goethe University Frankfurt)

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Online ISSN: 1446-9022
Print ISSN: 2194-5993
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 2002
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year
Audience: Since 2002, the Review of Network Economics (RNE) has been a leading forum for new insights in network economics, providing essential reading for anyone interested in the economics of network industries. Publishing high quality theoretical and empirical research, along with surveys and reviews that either cover specific industries or have relevance to multiple different network industries, the journal seeks to keep academics, policy makers, and practitioners informed of new research and policy debate in network economics and related subjects. Specific sectors of interest include (but are not limited to) energy, market exchanges and intermediaries, media, on-line services, payment systems, postal services, software platforms, telecommunications and transportation networks. Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December, the Review of Network Economics is committed to promoting a deeper understanding of the economic issues that underpin such network industries. The founding editors (John Panzar and Julian Wright) also wish to express their deep appreciation to Henry Ergas who kindly sponsored the initial development of the journal and has enabled the full text of the 2002-2008 issues to be made freely available. Publication History Four issues/year Content available since 2002 (Volume 1, Issue 1) ISSN: 1446-9022