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Estimating network effects and compatibility in mobile telecommunications
Grajek, Michał - 2007
effects and compatibility between networks. Network effects are measured by the dependence of consumer willingness to pay on … the installed base of subscribers. Compatibility is measured by the relative extent of cross- and own-network effects. I … network effects and - despite full interconnection of the mobile telephone networks - low compatibility. I also show that …
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Tariff-mediated network effects versus strategic discounting : evidence from German mobile telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - 2013
Mobile telecommunication operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
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Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high : the case of mobile telephony in South Africa
Hawthorne, Ryan; Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2019
We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly unequal country, South Africa. Using six waves of a consumer survey of over 134,000 individuals between 2009-2014, we estimate a discrete-choice model allowing for...
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Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications
Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso M.; Verboven, Frank - 2017
We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in mobile telecommunications. Using a uniquely constructed panel of mobile operators’ prices and accounting information across 33 OECD countries between 2002 and 2014, we document...
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Does one more or one less mobile operator affect prices? : a comprehensive ex-post evaluation of entries and mergers in European mobile telecommunication markets
Csorba, Gergely; Pápai, Zoltán - 2015
This paper estimates the impact of entries and mergers on the price of mobile voice services in a panel database of 27 European Member States between 2003 and 2010. Our difference-in-differences econometric methodology exploits the variance in different structural changes between countries to...
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Impact of roaming regulation on revenues and prices of mobile operators in the EU
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Muñoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2021
We empirically assess the impact of the EU roaming regulation on mobile operators' average revenues per user (ARPU) and retail prices. Using a differences-in-difference approach, hedonic price regressions and detailed operator and plan-level data we find that the regulation decreased mobile...
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Oligopoly with network effects: firm-specific versus single network
Amir, Rabah; Evstigneev, Igor V.; Gama, Adriana - 2019
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The perpetual trouble with network products : why IT firms choose partial compatibility
Stadler, Manfred; Tobler Trexler, Céline; Unsorg, … - 2021
Compatibility of network products is an important issue in markets for communication technology as well as hard- and … product compatibility. We present a strategic two-stage game of two firms deciding strategically or commonly on the degree of … product compatibility in the first stage and on prices in the second stage. Indeed, partial compatibility constitutes a …
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Performance implications of core and complementary pre-entry experience : the role of consumer heterogeneity in mobile telephony
Eggers, J. P.; Grajek, Michał; Kretschmer, Tobias - 2012 - (R2)
We study how two distinct types of pre-entry experience - core technological experience and market-based complementary experience - affect post-entry performance in a new industry. We focus on the fit between capabilities generated through pre-entry experience and the preferences of...
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Revealing incentives for compatibility provision in vertically differentiated network industries
Garcia, Filomena; Vergari, Cecilia - 2015
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