Title :
Telecommunications demand analysis in transition
Author :
Taylor, Lester D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The paper focuses on the problems and challenges to applied demand analysis in the telecommunications industry that have been posed by technological change, deregulation and competition. Challenges discussed include the development of new sources of data, estimation of price elasticities which apply to firms and users, the modelling of choice of carrier, and the emergence of the Internet
Keywords :
Internet; costing; economics; government policies; telecommunication; Internet; applied demand analysis; carrier; competition; deregulation; price elasticities; technological change; telecommunications demand analysis; telecommunications industry; Auditory system; Communication industry; Costs; Couplings; Elasticity; Industrial economics; Internet telephony; Monopoly; Regulators; Telecommunication services;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8255-8
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1998.648337
