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Regulation of Mobile Telephony across the European Union: An Empirical Analysis

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In this paper I analyze the impact of regulatory policy on prices and demand for mobile telecommunications services across the European Union. I estimate a reduced form model of the mobile industry using panel data for the EU countries from 1998 to 2002. Among others, I find the following effects: liberalization of fixed telephone lines has a negative impact on prices and a positive impact on the demand for mobile services, and the introduction of mobile number portability has a negative impact on prices.

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  1. Center for Information and Network Economics, University of Munich, Akademiestrasse 1/I, D-80799, Munich, Germany

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*I am grateful to Toker Doganoglu, Gerd Hansen, Eric Kodjo Ralph, Guido Friebel, participants at the 30th EARIE Conference 2003, the 2nd International Industrial Organization Conference 2004 and the 19th Annual Congress of the EEA 2004, and anonymous referees for valuable comments. I would like to acknowledge the generous financial support from the Volkswagen Stiftung and the Munich Graduate School of Economics which made this research possible. All errors are mine.

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Grzybowski, L. Regulation of Mobile Telephony across the European Union: An Empirical Analysis. J Regul Econ 28, 47–67 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-005-2355-x

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