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

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 583

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Friesenbichler, Klaus S.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207156
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET