Competition in Turkish mobile telecommunications markets: Price elasticities and network substitution
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2011
Yazarlar: Mehmet KARAÇUKA, Justus HAUCAP, Ulrich HEIMESHOFF
Telecommunications Policy, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2011, cilt 35, ss 202-210
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2010.12.016
Özet
This paper estimates demand elasticities for Turkish mobile telecommunications markets. In contrast to most other studies, firm-level data is used to estimate dynamic panel data models including instrumental variable techniques. Both short- and long-run elasticities are calculated, yielding a long-run price elasticity of -0.72 for the post-paid market and of -0.33 for the pre-paid market. The short-run price elasticity is estimated to be -0.36 for the post-paid market and -0.20 for the pre-paid market In addition, there is evidence of fixed-to-mobile traffic substitution for consumers who use pre-paid cards. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.