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Asymmetry of mobile termination rates and the waterbed effect

Lee, Jongyong; Lee, Duk Hee - 2012

This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between asymmetric regulation on mobile termination rates and mobile retail prices, using panel data collected from 20 OECD member countries for 22 quarters. In addition to the asymmetry of mobile access charges, the authors also focus on the...

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Testing the 'Waterbed' Effect in Mobile Telephony

Genakos, Christos - 2016

This paper examines the impact of regulatory intervention to cut termination rates of calls from fixed lines to mobile phones. Under quite general conditions of competition, theory suggests that lower termination charges will result in higher prices for mobile subscribers, a phenomenon known as...

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Dynamic Entry and Investment in New Infrastructures : Empirical Evidence from the Fixed Broadband Industry

Bacache, Maya - 2013

In the telecommunications industry, the ladder-of-investment approach claims that service-based competition (when … ladder-of-investment, composed of three rungs: bitstream access, local loop unbundling and new access facilities. Using data … test the ladder-of-investment hypothesis. We find no empirical support for this hypothesis, that is, for the transition …

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Supply and demand for telecommunication infrastructure

Veith, Tobias - 2010

, simultaneously, customers’ demand for high-quality infrastructure. On the other hand, infrastructure providers carry investment risks … to initiate adequate investment incentives. Using a two-equation estimation approach, a direct competition effect (more … the direct investment effect is only partially confirmed, the analysis provides evidence for an indirect investment effect …

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Product Market Competition and Lobbying Coordination in the U.S. Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Duso, Tomaso; Jung, Astrid - 2013

This paper empirically investigates market behavior and firms' lobbying in a unified structural setup. In a sequential game, where firms lobby for regulation before they compete in the product market, we derive a testable measure of lobbying coordination. Applying the setting to the early U.S....

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Market Power in the German Wholesale Electricity Market : What are the Political Options?

Schwarz, Hans-Gunter - 2007

This paper evaluates four publicly discussed policy options to mitigate market power in the German wholesale electricity market. These four options are: a regulatory solution favoured by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the implementation of a day-ahead flow-based market...

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Aspects of regulation and competition in European telecommunication markets

Veith, Tobias - 2010

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Aspects of regulation and competition in European telecommunication markets

Veith, Tobias - 2010

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Broadband infrastructure and economic growth

Czernich, Nina; Falck, Oliver; Kretschmer, Tobias; … - 2009

We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental-variable model derives its non-linear first stage from a logistic diffusion model where pre-existing voice-telephony and...

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Returns to ICT skills

Oliver, Falck; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon - 2016

How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labor markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the...

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