In this paper we utilize discrete choice experiment method to identify and measure switching costs and network effects … portability, operator brand, network distribution of most frequently called parties and price of on-net and off-net calls. Stated … are largely driven by price of calls, switching costs and network effects have and strong impact on utility of subscribers …

network of agents. In our model, agents are identically informed a priori and observe network neighbors’ actions as well as … observed payoffs and imitate observed actions. Our results also allow us to interpret critical mass and network brokerage …

identifying network effects on economic outcomes is first discussed, followed by solutions to this problem that have been put …