Price Distortion Under Fixed-Mobile Substitution

FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 594

20 Pages Posted: 11 Jul 2015

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Marc Bourreau

Telecom ParisTech

Carlo Cambini

Politecnico di Torino & EUI - Florence School of Regulation; European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS)

Steffen Hoernig

Nova School of Business and Economics

Date Written: June 29, 2015

Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of substitution between fixed and mobile telephony on call prices. We develop a model where consumers differ in the benefits of mobility and firms price discriminate between on-net and off-net calls. We find that call prices are distorted downwards due to substitution possibilities and customer heterogeneity, and that this distortion increases with the fixed-mobile termination mark-up.

Keywords: Network competition, Fixed-mobile substitution, Price discrimination

JEL Classification: L51, L92

Suggested Citation

Bourreau, Marc and Cambini, Carlo and Hoernig, Steffen, Price Distortion Under Fixed-Mobile Substitution (June 29, 2015). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 594, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2628806 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2628806

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