Download This PaperHow Expensive Are U.S. Broadband and Wireless Services?
10 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2021
Date Written: April 29, 2021
Abstract
A conventional wisdom holds that competition for broadband and wireless services has declined in the United States over the past 20 years. This note provides an updated comparison of the US with other rich countries, focusing on prices, speed, and investment. Contrary to some recent commentaries, it finds that the conventional wisdom is largely correct and that American consumers pay more than consumers in other industrialized nations.
Keywords: Telecommunication, Competition, Consumer Welfare
JEL Classification: D42, D43
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Philippon, Thomas, How Expensive Are U.S. Broadband and Wireless Services? (April 29, 2021). NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3836281 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3836281
Thomas Philippon (Contact Author)
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance ( email )
Stern School of Business
44 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10012-1126
United States
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