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Competition in the Interexchange Telecommunication Market

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  • Krouse, Clement G
  • Park, Jongsur

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Using an econometric model that allows the nature of the oligopoly interaction to be determined by the data, we estimate residual demand elasticities for the switched inter-LATA (local access and transport area) services of AT&T, MCI, and Sprint. For the 9-year period from the third quarter of 1989 to the first quarter of 1998, these estimates fall in the relatively inelastic -1.5 to -1.9 range. Statistical tests of the several elasticity relationships decisively reject hypotheses of perfect competition and a Cournot interaction but do not reject the hypothesis that the market functioned as a coordinated oligopoly.

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  • Krouse, Clement G & Park, Jongsur, 2003. "Competition in the Interexchange Telecommunication Market," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 46(1), pages 85-101, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlawec:y:2003:v:46:i:1:p:85-101
    DOI: 10.1086/345585
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