?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F46779%2F&rft.title=Welfare+Cost+of+Mobile+Spectrum+(Mis)allocation&rft.creator=Aimene%2C+Louise&rft.creator=Guiffard%2C+Jean-Baptiste&rft.creator=Ivaldi%2C+Marc&rft.creator=Liang%2C+Julienne&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=Conditions+under+which+spectrum+is+allocated+are+significant+in+determining+the+market+structure+in+the+telecom+sector+which+in+turn+affects+the+prices+and+the+quality+of+mobile+services.+In+a+more+concentrated+market%2C+the+quantity+of+spectrum+is+less+diluted%2C+and+operators+can+offer+higher+quality+to+their+customers%3B+In+a+more+competitive+market%2C+consumers+can+benefit+from+a+lower+price+but+at+the+expense+of+less+quality+for+each+operator.+To+address+this+trade-off%2C+we+first+fit+a+demand+model+of+mobile+telecommunications+services+on+a+unique+panel+database+of+23+European+MNOs%3B+we+then+conduct+counterfactual+simulations+to+measure+the+effect+on+consumer+surplus+of+different+schemes+of+spectrum+allocation+in+Germany.+Reallocating+additional+spectrum+to+three+instead+of+four+operators+is+consumer+welfare+improving+as+increasing+prices+is+compensated+by+larger+improvement+in+quality.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2023-02&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F46779%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1407.pdf&rft.identifier=++Aimene%2C+Louise%2C+Guiffard%2C+Jean-Baptiste%2C+Ivaldi%2C+Marc+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F058494375%3E+and+Liang%2C+Julienne++(2023)+Welfare+Cost+of+Mobile+Spectrum+(Mis)allocation.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+23-1407%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F127828&rft.language=en