This paper analyzes the impact on mobile telephony diffusion patterns of the two predominant payment regimes, calling party pays (CPP) and receiving party pays (RPP), for mobile termination services. By applying instrumental variable techniques to panel data we account for a possible...

This paper examines mobile termination fees and their regulation when networks are asymmetric in size. It is demonstrated that with consumer ignorance about the exact termination rates (a) a mobile network's termination rate is the higher the smaller the network's size (as measured through its...

Das vorliegende Papier beschreibt und analysiert die erfolgte Liberalisierung des Telekom-munikationssektors in Deutschland. Zu diesem Zweck werden die erfolgten Liberalisierungs-maßnahmen beschrieben und ihre Auswirkungen auf die verschiedenen Märkte analysiert. Während der Wettbewerb in den...

This paper provides a hedonic price analysis of mobile telephones for the German market. We have assembled data on 302 different handsets from 25 manufacturers over the period from May 1998 to November 2003. While volume has a negative effect on the price of a mobile handset, the number of...

This paper analyzes price elasticities in the Austrian market for mobile telecommunications services using data on firm specific tariffs. Both static and a dynamic panel data approaches lead to consistent results which provide evidence for a relatively elastic demand. Furthermore, some basic...

This paper analyses price elasticities in the Austrian market for mobile telecommunications services using data on firm specific tariffs in the period between January 1998 and March 2002. Dynamic panel data regressions are used to estimate short-run and long-run demand elasticities for business...

Die Liberalisierung und Regulierung der Telekommunikationsmärkte in Deutschland ist trotz einiger Widrigkeiten als großer Erfolg zu bezeichnen. Verbrauchern stehen, im Gegensatz zu den Zeiten des staatlichen Monopols, preisgünstige und innovative Produkte zur Verfügung. Im Zentrum der...

This paper analyzes the impact on mobile telephony diffusion patterns of the two predominant payment regimes, calling party pays (CPP) and receiving party pays (RPP), for mobile termination services. By applying instrumental variable techniques to panel data we account for a possible...