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Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high : the case of mobile telephony in South Africa
Hawthorne, Ryan; Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2019
We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly unequal country, South Africa. Using six waves of a consumer survey of over 134,000 individuals between 2009-2014, we estimate a discrete-choice model allowing for...
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Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications
Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso M.; Verboven, Frank - 2017
We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in mobile telecommunications. Using a uniquely constructed panel of mobile operators’ prices and accounting information across 33 OECD countries between 2002 and 2014, we document...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659539
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Impact of roaming regulation on revenues and prices of mobile operators in the EU
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Muñoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2021
We empirically assess the impact of the EU roaming regulation on mobile operators' average revenues per user (ARPU) and retail prices. Using a differences-in-difference approach, hedonic price regressions and detailed operator and plan-level data we find that the regulation decreased mobile...
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Intratemporal nonseparability between housing and nondurable consumption : evidence from reinvestment in housing stock
Khorunzhina, Natalia - 2019
Using the data on maintenance expenditures and self-assessed house value, I separate the measure of individual housing stock and house prices, and use these data for testing whether nondurable consumption and housing are characterized by intratemporal nonseparability in households’...
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Compensation against fuel inflation : temporary tax rebates or transfers?
Bonnet, Odran; Fize, Etienne; Loisel, Tristan; Wilner, … - 2024
This article exploits both the crude oil price surge consecutive to the invasion of Ukraine and 2022 fuel excise tax rebates in France as quasi-natural experiments to infer the price sensitivity of fuel demand. Based on granular individual bank account data at the transaction level, we properly...
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Non-horizontal mergers with investments into compatibility
Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen; Padilla, Atilano Jorge - 2019
compatibility and can engage in bundling. We consider the impact of merger on prices, investment and consumer surplus. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001659
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Optimal compatibility in systems markets
Kim, Sang-Hyun; Choi, Jay Pil - 2014
We investigate private and social incentives for standardization to ensure market-wide system compatibility in a two … full compatibility because it offers more variety that confers a better match with their ideal specifications. However …, firms are likely to choose the minimal compatibility to maximize product differentiation and soften competition. This is in …
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The Dutch UMTS-auction
Damme, Eric E. C. van - 2002
In this paper I review the Dutch UMTS-auction that took place in the summer of 2000 and which, in contrast to the UK and German auctions, was generally considered to be a major flop. I analyse the policy process leading to the auction as well as the bidding behaviour in the auction, and provide...
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Returns to ICT skills
Oliver, Falck; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon - 2016
How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labor markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416403
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New competition in telecommunications markets : regulatory pricing principles
Bijl, Paul de; Peitz, Martin - 2002
Launching and stimulating competition in telecommunications markets is an important policy goal. It contains two elements: to encourage entry and to make competition effective such that consumers benefit. The first one requires that entrants can make profits after investing in infrastructure so...
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