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The Impact of Telecommunication Regulatory Policy on Mobile Retail Price in Sub-Saharan African Countries

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  • Onkokame Mothobi

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This paper examines the e ect of regulatory policies on mobile retail prices. Using quarterly data for 8 African countries for the period 2010:Q4 to 2014:Q4 we estimate structural demand and supply equations. We nd that mobile termination rates (MTR) have significant positive impact on mobile retail prices. A decline in average MTR of 10% decreases average […]

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  • Onkokame Mothobi, 2017. "The Impact of Telecommunication Regulatory Policy on Mobile Retail Price in Sub-Saharan African Countries," Working Papers 662, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Ryan Hawthorne & Lukasz Grzybowski, 2019. "Benefits of Regulation vs. Competition Where Inequality Is High: The Case of Mobile Telephony in South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 7703, CESifo.

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    Keywords

    Market Structure; Regulation; Telecommunications;
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    JEL classification:

    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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