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Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Faccio, Mara Zingales, Luigi |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal We study how political factors can shape competition in the mobile telecommunication sector. We show that the way a government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and prices. Pro-competition rules reduce prices, but do not hurt the quality of services or investments. More democratic governments tend to design rule that are more pro-competition, while more politically connected operators are able to distort the rules in their favor, restricting competition. Government intervention has large redistributive effects: U.S. consumers would gain $65bn ($44bn) a year if U.S. mobile service prices were in line with Germany (Denmark). |
| Related Links | http://www.nber.org/papers/w23041.pdf https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2893869 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.2893869 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2017-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Political Connections |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
