Demand estimation and market definition for broadband Internet services

被引：42

作者：

Cardona, Melisande ^{[2
]}

Schwarz, Anton ^{[1
]}

Yurtoglu, B. Burcin ^{[3
]}

Zulehner, Christine ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Austrian Regulatory Author Broadcasting & Telecom, A-1060 Vienna, Austria

[2] Univ Munich, D-80539 Munich, Germany

[3] Univ Vienna, Dept Econ, A-1210 Vienna, Austria

来源：

JOURNAL OF REGULATORY ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Estimation of discrete choice models; Broadband Internet access; Market definition; Regulation; L51; L96; ACCESS;

D O I：

10.1007/s11149-008-9076-x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper analyses residential demand for Internet access in Austria with a focus on broadband Internet connections. Austria has cable network coverage of about 50% and is, therefore, a good candidate to analyse the elasticity of demand for DSL where cable is available and where it is not. We also include mobile broadband via UMTS or HSDPA in our analysis and estimate various nested logit models to derive conclusions for market definition. The estimation results suggest that demand for DSL is elastic and that cable networks are likely to be in the same market as DSL connections both at the retail and at the wholesale level. We discuss possible implications for the regulation of wholesale broadband access markets.

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页码：70 / 95

页数：26