This paper investigates the relationship between competition and investment in the wireless industry from a dynamic perspective. Using firm level data and instrumental variable estimation strategy, it finds that the relationship is inverted-U shaped, with an investment maximising intensity of...

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a model of oligopoly competition with di¤erentiated products where firms invest to reduce their marginal cost of production, I find that technical progress, which increases the...

This paper empirically assesses the impact of the intensity of competition on investment in new technologies within the mobile telecommunications industry. Using firm level panel data and an instrumental variable estimation it finds an inverted-U relationship between competition intensity and...

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. The competition is measured as the degree of substitutability and technical progress enlarges the size of innovation in cost reduction. In a context of duopoly, technical progress...

Using data from the WCIS (World Cellular Information Service) and the Telecoms Market Matrix of Analysis Mason, we were able to build a database relating the level of investment per capita to license duration for 14 countries over a 10-year period. An empirical analysis of the data shows a...

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a model of oligopoly competition with differentiated products where firms invest to reduce their marginal cost of production, I find that technical progress, which increases the...