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

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 583

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Public Policy ; Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation ; Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
• Thema: investment ; competition ; platform ; ladder ; unbundling ; bitstream ; regulation ; broadband ; telecom

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Friesenbichler, Klaus S.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (wo): Vienna
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207156
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ