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The Determinants of Supply and Demand for Mobile Applications

Sinkinson, Michael - NET Institute - 2012

Since 2008, multiple smartphone platforms have launched versions of “app stores”, marketplaces where consumers can purchase and download software applications for their smartphone. This paper provides evidence for both demand and supply of “apps” using data on the size and composition of...

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Switching Costs and Introductory Pricing in the Wireless Service Industry

Ale, Jorge - NET Institute - 2013

In this article I analyze the effects of a recent reform intended to decrease switching costs in the cellular industry. The reform, implemented in Chile in 2012, allowed cell phone users to switch operators without any contract restriction while keeping their wireless number. Its aim was the...

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Estimating the Option Value of Waiting: A Dynamic Entry Game of the U.S. Local Telephone Competition

Fan, Ying; Mo, Xiao - NET Institute - 2010

We estimate a dynamic oligopoly entry game in the early U.S. local telephone market. We observe the identities of potential entrants into local markets and therefore the waiting time of each potential entrant before it commits actual entry. To capture the feature of the data, we allow firms to...

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Quality Competition in Mobile Telecommunications: Evidence from Connecticut

Sun, Patrick - NET Institute - 2014

Signal quality is a significant contributor to the overall quality of wireless telephone service, which competitive analyses often overlooks. To understand the competitive impact of signal quality investment on further consolidation in this industry, I use a market research survey of choice of...

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Net Neutrality, Foreclosure and the Fast Lane: An empirical study of the UK

Nurski, Laura - NET Institute - 2012

Consumers buy internet access from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reach online content providers. Under net neutrality, an ISP is not allowed to discriminate between content providers, even though it might have an incentive to do so. An ISP might want to sell a “fast lane” to content...

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Public Policy in Network Industries

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2006

This paper discusses how antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...

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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in conjunction … with the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of …

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