their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers’ switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer … ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify networks. As a result, while fostering competition for mobile customers, MNP … carrier identification affect these findings. -- number portability ; switching costs ; telecommunications ; network …

three pillars: (i) a flexible loss function; (ii) statistical evaluation of forecast accuracy; (iii) economic evaluation of …

application, the cost of an interview, and the value of non-market time. Frictions on the worker and the firm side are estimated …