Wettbewerb im deutschen Mobilfunkmarkt

Justus Haucap, Heimeshoff Ulrich () and Stühmeier Torben ()
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Heimeshoff Ulrich: Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Dusseldorfer Institut fur Wettbewerbsokonomie (DICE), Universitatsstr. 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: (0211) 81 15 499
Stühmeier Torben: Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Dusseldorfer Institut fur Wettbewerbsokonomie (DICE), Universitatsstr. 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, Fax: (0211) 81 15 499
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Torben Stuehmeier

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2011, vol. 60, issue 2, 240-268

Abstract: This paper studies competition in the German market for mobile telecommunications, motivated by recent suggestions that T-Mobile and Vodafone possess a position of collective dominance. Allegedly, their position of joint dominance is secured through a combination of first-mover advantages and discrimination between on-net and off-net prices. While our qualitative analysis remains inconclusive, as some factors tend to favour collusion while others make collusion more difficult to sustain, our empirical analysis suggests that T-Mobile and Vodafone cannot act independently of their smaller rivals, but that they are disciplined by their smaller competitors’ offerings

Date: 2011
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