eprintid: 46779
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2023-02-09 13:47:58
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type: monograph
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creators_name: Aimene, Louise
creators_name: Guiffard, Jean-Baptiste
creators_name: Ivaldi, Marc
creators_name: Liang, Julienne
creators_id: marc.ivaldi@tse-fr.eu
creators_idrefppn: 058494375
creators_affiliation: Orange
creators_affiliation: UMR DEVSOC
creators_affiliation: Toulouse School of Economics
creators_affiliation: Orange
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title: Welfare Cost of Mobile Spectrum (Mis)allocation
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abstract: 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, the quantity of spectrum is less diluted, and operators can offer higher quality to their customers; In a more competitive market, consumers can benefit from a lower price but at the expense of less quality for each operator. To address this trade-off, we first fit a demand model of mobile telecommunications services on a unique panel database of 23 European MNOs; 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.
date: 2023-02
date_type: published
publisher: TSE Working Paper
official_url: http://tse-fr.eu/pub/127828
faculty: tse
divisions: tse
keywords: spectrum allocation
keywords: network investment
keywords: market structure
keywords: investment and
keywords: competition
language: en
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subjectsJEL: JEL_L11
subjectsJEL: JEL_L40
subjectsJEL: JEL_L96
view_date_year: 2023
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: working_paper
series: TSE Working Paper
volume: 23-1407
place_of_pub: Toulouse
pages: 31
institution: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
department: Toulouse School of Economics
book_title: TSE Working Paper
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citation:   Aimene, Louise, Guiffard, Jean-Baptiste, Ivaldi, Marc <https://www.idref.fr/058494375> and Liang, Julienne  (2023) Welfare Cost of Mobile Spectrum (Mis)allocation.  TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1407, Toulouse     
document_url: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/46779/1/wp_tse_1407.pdf