This paper provides a hedonic price analysis of mobile telephones for the German market. We have assembled data on 302 different handsets from 25 manufacturers over the period from May 1998 to November 2003. While volume has a negative effect on the price of a mobile handset, the number of...

This paper analyzes price elasticities in the Austrian market for mobile telecommunications services using data on firm specific tariffs. Both static and a dynamic panel data approaches lead to consistent results which provide evidence for a relatively elastic demand. Furthermore, some basic...

Abstract AbstractDie Festschrift für Jörn Kruse enthält Beiträge aus den Bereichen Medien- und Telekommunikationsökonomik, Wettbewerbspolitik, Sportökonomik, Energiepolitik sowie allgemeine Fragen der Wirtschafts- und Ordnungspolitik. Sie reflektieren nicht nur den breiten Schaffenskreis...

This article analyzes the interdependency between the market for music recordings on the one side and the market for concert tickets on the other side, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. In a...