We examine bidding behaviour of individuals and teams in an experimental auction resembling UMTS-license auctions. Even though in reality teams were largely involved in those auctions, experimental studies on bidding in auctions have so far relied on individual bidders. Our results show that...

In the presented paper we introduce an approach to assess particular economic effects which may arise with bringing mobile technologies into the field of sales and distribution. The research problem posed here comprises quite a special case where sales operations of a company are carried by its...

Abstract In markets with competing interconnected networks like mobile telecommunication markets investments affect the investor’s and also any competitors’ profits. In a theoretical model it is shown that cost-reducing investments reduce the investor’s termination rates and increase...

This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and...

Die Regulierungsbehörden einiger Länder sind daran gegangen, bestimmte Bereiche des Mobilfunks intensiver zu regulieren. Ins Visier der Regulierer ist vor allem die Mobilterminierung, d.h. die Realisierung eines Mobilfunkgesprächs vom Übergabepunkt eines Netzbetreibers zum Endgerät eines...

This paper estimates demand elasticities for the Turkish mobile telecommunication market. In contrast to most other studies, firm level data is used to estimate dynamic panel data models including instrumental variable techniques. Both short- and long-run elasticities are calculated, yielding a...

Die Suche nach einer konsistenten regulatorischen Behandlung von Mobilfunkund Festnetzen sollte nicht in der Einführung einer sektorspezifischen Regulierung von Mobilfunknetzen, sondern vielmehr im Abbau der sektorspezifischen Regulierung der Festnetze bestehen. Stabile Marktmacht mittels des...

Mobile banking is growing at a remarkable speed around the world. In the process it is creating considerable uncertainty about the appropriate regulatory response to this newly emerging service. This paper sets out a framework for considering the design of regulation of mobile banking. Since it...