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Narrowing the ‘digital divide’: the role of complementarities between fixed and mobile data in South Africa

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  • Lukasz Grzybowski
  • Ryan Hawthrone

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We study substitution between fixed and mobile broadband services in South Africa using survey data on 134,000 individuals between 2009 and 2014. In our discrete-choice model, individuals choose fixed or mobile and data services in a framework that allows them to be substitutes or complements. We find that voice services are complements on average but […]

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  • Lukasz Grzybowski & Ryan Hawthrone, 2019. "Narrowing the ‘digital divide’: the role of complementarities between fixed and mobile data in South Africa," Working Papers 792, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:792
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    Technological Innovation; Telecommunications;

    JEL classification:

    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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