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A price concentration study on European mobile telecom markets: Limitations and insights

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  • Pauline Affeldt

    (E.CA Economics, ESMT European School of Management and Technology)

  • Rainer Nitsche

    (E.CA Economics)

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Price concentration studies investigate the relationship between market concentration and price levels. They are increasingly used in the mobile telecom industry. This paper provides a detailed account of the limitations of such studies. In addition, it proposes a specific approach in order to account for quality differences across countries, which are likely important when explaining price differences. When applying our approach to European mobile telecom markets from 2003 to 2012, we find that there is no positive relationship between concentration and prices and some indications that the relationship may be negative.

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  • Pauline Affeldt & Rainer Nitsche, 2014. "A price concentration study on European mobile telecom markets: Limitations and insights," ESMT Research Working Papers ESMT-14-07, ESMT European School of Management and Technology.
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