Toll price elasticities estimated from a sample of U.S. residential telephone bills

Article Abstract:

Data obtained from PNR and Associates' Bill Harvesting are utilized to estimate the demands for intralata, interlata/intrastate and interlata/interstate toll calling on the part of individual households. Around 6500 households has been used in the estimation which proved useful and innovative. The utilization of a call concentration index has provided for the easy estimation of models for intralata and interlata toll from a consistent body of data. The results showed an estimated price elasticity of -0.44 and -0.50 for intralata toll and interstate toll, respectively.

Telephone Communications, Telephone services, Surveys, Elasticity (Economics), PNR and Associaties

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Demand for international telephone traffic in Spain: an econometric study using provincial panel data

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The demand for outgoing international telephone traffic in Spain is influenced by several factors. These factors are price, income, volume of foreign tourism and number of foreign residents in each province. Equations for the expenditure on international traffic per line and for the number of international calls per line were obtained based on the 1985-1989 provincial panel data which take into account interprovincial differences.

Spain, Communication, Communications

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Effects of presubscription and other attributes on long-distance carrier choice

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The preference of Japanese consumers for long-distance telecommunication services is described. The model derived from a 1993 survey shows that the amount of time to register customers, the carrier's capability to provide local and long-distance calls and the carrier's brand identity influence the competitive results.

Japan

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