Contra the current trend of deregulation, mobile wireless markets in the OECD member states appear, until recently, to have been more or less concentrated. The study estimates the equations for market concentration, mobile prices, and profits using annual panel data from 24 OECD member states...

Contra the current trend of deregulation, mobile wireless markets in the OECD member states appear, until recently, to have been more or less concentrated. The study estimates the equations for market concentration, mobile prices, and profits using annual panel data from 24 OECD member states...

The study focuses on forecasts of cost savings from merger based on an analysis of economies of scale for eight U.S. telephone companies providing mainly local service. Based on data for the period 1951-91, we conclude that cost savings from mergers and economies of scale are unlikely for large...

As the stock of mobile telephones surpassed fixed telephones, thereafter reaching a density of more than 50 per 100 inhabitants in Korea, the potential for mobile phones to become a substitute for, and directly compete with fixed phones, has become evident. The aim of this paper is to examine...

The paper attempts to examine the effects of two horizontal mergers between Baby Bells, the SBC-Pacific Telesis merger and the Bell Atlantic-Nynex merger, on the performance of the respective operating companies. The effects of the mergers are investigated by comparing the performance of the...

Competition is emerging in OECD Member State mobile telephony markets, albeit somewhat unevenly and at a slower rate. The study addresses the relationship between market structure and performance, and examines the impact of regulatory policy on competition in these markets. A structural model is...

As mobile telephone services experienced revolutionary growth in most countries throughout the world, they began to compete with fixed telephone services, first for use and then for access. This paper attempts to provide empirical evidence on fixed-mobile substitution by applying an econometric...