Konferenzbeitrag
Deregulating fixed voice services? Empirical evidence from the European Union
This paper deals with the relationship between the traditional fixed-line, mobile and Voice over IP telephony in the EU.We estimate the supply and demand for fixed-line telephony using data on 25 EU member states for the 2006:Q2 - 2011:Q4 period. Employing instrumental variable approach, we obtain the following results. First, lower prices of Voice over IP and mobile reduce the demand for fixed-line telephony. This indicates some demand-side substitution. Second, we find no relationship between Voice over IP and fixed-line prices. Third, there is a positive and significant relationship between mobile and fixed-line prices. Estimated own- and cross-price elasticities are in the inelastic range. Hence, calls to deregulate fixed-line telephony may be too premature.
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Englisch
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Series: 25th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "Disruptive Innovation in the ICT Industries: Challenges for European Policy and Business" , Brussels, Belgium, 22nd-25th June, 2014
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
Economics of Regulation
Telecommunications
Mobile services
Market definition
Hypothetical monopolist test
(De)regulation
Lange, Mirjam R. J.
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20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Šaric, Amela
- Lange, Mirjam R. J.
- International Telecommunications Society (ITS)
Entstanden
- 2014