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dc.contributor.authorMadden, Gary
dc.contributor.authorMorey, Aaron
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:16:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:16:44Z
dc.date.created2013-04-30T20:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMadden, Gary and Morey, Aaron. 2013. Regulator flexibility and the administrative allocation licensing of 3G spectrum. Applied Economics 45 (13): pp. 1713-1718.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19967
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00036846.2011.636024
dc.description.abstract

Globally, most nations assign radio spectrum to provide 3G mobile services during the period 1999-2007. While there is consensus among most economists that auctions are the preferred assignment mechanism, the assignment mode is split, more or less, equally (in terms of the number of licences issued) between administrative allocations and auctions. With auction procedures tending to raise more revenue for governments (Cartelier, 2003) the question that naturally arises is: why are administrative allocations so popular a method to assign spectrum? McMillan (1995) conjectures that administative allocations provide additional 'flexibility'. Accordingly, this study examines the performance of 3G assignments in terms of econometric analysis of a unique sample of national 3G spectrum administrative allocations. These outcomes are modelled as depending on spectrum package attributes, and post-award network development requirements.

dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subject3G spectrum assignment
dc.subjectwireless telephone markets
dc.subjectadministrative allocations
dc.titleRegulator flexibility and the administrative allocation licensing of 3G spectrum
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume45
dcterms.source.number13
dcterms.source.startPage1713
dcterms.source.endPage1718
dcterms.source.issn0003-6846
dcterms.source.titleApplied Economics
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