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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029118
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Estimating consumer inertia in repeated choices of smartphones
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Nicolle, Ambre - 2018
In this paper, we use a unique dataset on switching between mobile handsets in a sample of about 8,623 subscribers using tariffs without handset subsidies from a single mobile operator on a monthly basis between July 2011 and December 2014. We estimate a discrete choice model in which we account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955550
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Evaluating the impact of price caps : evidence from the European roam-like-at-home regulation
Canzian, Giulia; Mazzarella, Gianluca; Verboven, Frank; … - 2021
The roam-like-at-home regulation (RLAH) eliminated all mobile roaming surcharges to Eu-ropean consumers travelling within the European Economic Area (EEA). We measure the causal impact of the regulation on EEA roaming traffic, using the Rest of the World as a control group. We find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622563
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602181
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Narrowing the "digital divide" : the role of complementarities between fixed and mobile data in South Africa
Hawthorne, Ryan; Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2019
We study substitution between fixed and mobile broadband services in South Africa using survey data on 134,000 individuals between 2009 and 2014. In our discrete-choice model, individuals choose fixed or mobile voice and data services in a framework that allows them to be substitutes or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029160
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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 … to what extent such regulatory policy can stimulate competition. Our main finding is that, in the short run, asymmetric …
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Unbundling the incumbent and entry into fiber : evidence from France
Bourreau, Marc; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Hasbi, Maude - 2018
We use panel data on 36,104 municipalities in metropolitan France over the period 2010-2014 to estimate two models of … of municipalities in France within the next years. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011840765
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Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications
Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso M.; Verboven, Frank - 2017
stress that competition and regulatory authorities should take seriously the potential trade-off between market power effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659539
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The third generation (UMTS) spectrum auction in Germany
Grimm, Veronika; Riedel, Frank; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2001
The third generation UMTS auction in Germany raised an enormous amount of revenue, and at the same time achieved a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400807
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Algorithmic pricing and competition : empirical evidence from the German retail gasoline market
Assad, Stephanie; Clark, Robert; Ershov, Daniel; Xu, Lei - 2020
competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany’s retail gasoline market … outcomes linked to competition. Because station-level adoption is endogenous, we use brand headquarter-level adoption decisions … increase by 28% in markets where both do. These results suggest that AI adoption has a significant effect on competition. …
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