What explains aggregate telecom investments? : evidence from an EU-OECD panel

Klaus S. Friesenbichler

This paper analyses the determinants of aggregate per-capita investments into the telecom sector. We provide results of panel econometric estimates for EU and OECD countries covering the period from 2005 to 2013. The findings show a positive effect of infrastructure-based competition between xDSL broadband and cable-TV broadband subscriptions on investments. We use cross-country variance in open access regulations to examine their effect on investments and find a negative effect for bitstream regulations. The regression results are used to assess the magnitude of these factors, thereby providing valuable inputs to the policy debate on broadband promotion.

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Year of publication:	June 2019
Authors:	Friesenbichler, Klaus S.
Publisher:	Wien : Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Subject:	investment \| competition \| platform \| ladder \| unbundling \| bitstream \| regulation \| broadband \| telecom \| Investition \| Investment \| Breitbandkommunikation \| Broadband communications \| Telekommunikationspolitik \| Telecommunications policy \| Telekommunikationssektor \| Telecommunications industry \| Regulierung \| Regulation \| Telekommunikationsnetz \| Telecommunications network \| Wettbewerb \| Competition \| Telekommunikation \| Telecommunications \| Netzregulierung \| Access regulation \| Entflechtung \| Unbundling \| Digitale Plattform \| Digital platform