OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing

This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. The results are informative with economic analysis appearing to inform regulator decision making. However, with the cost proxy (viz.,copper-wage relative price, population density, urbanisation and busi...

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Main Authors: Madden, Gary, Bohlin, Erik, Ahmad, Hasnat, Tran, Thien
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24953
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Bohlin, Erik
Ahmad, Hasnat
Tran, Thien
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Bohlin, Erik
Ahmad, Hasnat
Tran, Thien
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description This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. The results are informative with economic analysis appearing to inform regulator decision making. However, with the cost proxy (viz.,copper-wage relative price, population density, urbanisation and business line penetration),regulator costing methods (long run incremental and fully allocated cost), and time trend arguments only explaining approximately 40% of the price variation there remains ample unexplained variation, and political and institutional variables may help reduce this. Finally, both price series are subject to increasingly rapid value declines, although the patterns are somewhat distinct. This suggests that initial prices are truly transitory.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-249532017-09-13T15:14:32Z OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing Madden, Gary Bohlin, Erik Ahmad, Hasnat Tran, Thien Fixed-line telephone networks Interim pricing Local loopunbundling This study examines OECD fully unbundled and line sharing monthly wholesale prices for 2002–2008. The results are informative with economic analysis appearing to inform regulator decision making. However, with the cost proxy (viz.,copper-wage relative price, population density, urbanisation and business line penetration),regulator costing methods (long run incremental and fully allocated cost), and time trend arguments only explaining approximately 40% of the price variation there remains ample unexplained variation, and political and institutional variables may help reduce this. Finally, both price series are subject to increasingly rapid value declines, although the patterns are somewhat distinct. This suggests that initial prices are truly transitory. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24953 10.1016/j.telpol.2013.02.003 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Fixed-line telephone networks
Interim pricing
Local loopunbundling
Madden, Gary
Bohlin, Erik
Ahmad, Hasnat
Tran, Thien
OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title_full OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title_fullStr OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title_full_unstemmed OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title_short OECD Unbundled Local Loop Pricing
title_sort oecd unbundled local loop pricing
topic Fixed-line telephone networks
Interim pricing
Local loopunbundling
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24953