Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies

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dc.contributor.advisorGrzybowski, Lukaszen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMutinda, Stanleyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T09:12:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T09:12:42Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe mobile telecommunications industry continues to be at the epicentre for growth, innovation, and disruption for virtually all other industries. It is one of the keys to sustainable economic development especially in developing and emerging economies. Over the past two decades, the industry has been very dynamic, experiencing high growth rates. This paper uses econometric models to investigate the impact of market structure on market outcomes such as mobile prices and investment in emerging economies. This is done using quarterly panel data on fifteen emerging economies across four continents for the period between 2006 and 2015. The Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) and the number of operators are used to proxy market structure and effective price per minute paid by consumers and capital expenditure per subscriber are used to proxy mobile prices and investment respectively. Empirical results indicate that increase in market concentration increases market prices. Results also indicate an inverted-U relationship between market concentration and investment. These results indicate that there is a trade-off between static and dynamic efficiency which means that competition in mobile telecommunications reduces both market prices and investments.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMutinda, S. (2016). <i>Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23766en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMutinda, Stanley. <i>"Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23766en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMutinda, S. 2016. Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mutinda, Stanley AB - The mobile telecommunications industry continues to be at the epicentre for growth, innovation, and disruption for virtually all other industries. It is one of the keys to sustainable economic development especially in developing and emerging economies. Over the past two decades, the industry has been very dynamic, experiencing high growth rates. This paper uses econometric models to investigate the impact of market structure on market outcomes such as mobile prices and investment in emerging economies. This is done using quarterly panel data on fifteen emerging economies across four continents for the period between 2006 and 2015. The Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) and the number of operators are used to proxy market structure and effective price per minute paid by consumers and capital expenditure per subscriber are used to proxy mobile prices and investment respectively. Empirical results indicate that increase in market concentration increases market prices. Results also indicate an inverted-U relationship between market concentration and investment. These results indicate that there is a trade-off between static and dynamic efficiency which means that competition in mobile telecommunications reduces both market prices and investments. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies TI - Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23766 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23766
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMutinda S. Evaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economies. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23766en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEconomic Developmenten_ZA
dc.titleEvaluating the impact of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets: panel data analysis for emerging economiesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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