The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home

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Autor(a) principal: Quinn, Martin
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Matos, Miguel Godinho de, Peukert, Christian
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43930
Resumo: We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which has drastically reduced the price of accessing the mobile Internet for residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) when travelling abroad in the EEA. Our estimates using individual-level consumption data suggest that consumer surplus increased by around € 2.44 per user and travel day. We show that around 40% of the consumer surplus gains originated from a reduction in deadweight loss, that is, new users accessing the mobile Internet. We also highlight that the regulation had a heterogeneous impact on consumers, varying with usage intensity and the reason for travel (business vs. leisure).
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spelling The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-HomeTelecomMobile dataRoamingRegulationConsumer surplusWe evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which has drastically reduced the price of accessing the mobile Internet for residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) when travelling abroad in the EEA. Our estimates using individual-level consumption data suggest that consumer surplus increased by around € 2.44 per user and travel day. We show that around 40% of the consumer surplus gains originated from a reduction in deadweight loss, that is, new users accessing the mobile Internet. We also highlight that the regulation had a heterogeneous impact on consumers, varying with usage intensity and the reason for travel (business vs. leisure).Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaQuinn, MartinMatos, Miguel Godinho dePeukert, Christian2024-02-14T08:16:14Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43930eng0013-013310.1093/ej/uead101001148037100001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-20T01:32:39Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/43930Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:38:59.889122Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
title The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
spellingShingle The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
Quinn, Martin
Telecom
Mobile data
Roaming
Regulation
Consumer surplus
title_short The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
title_full The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
title_fullStr The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
title_full_unstemmed The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
title_sort The welfare effects of mobile internet access: evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home
author Quinn, Martin
author_facet Quinn, Martin
Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Peukert, Christian
author_role author
author2 Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Peukert, Christian
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Quinn, Martin
Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Peukert, Christian
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Telecom
Mobile data
Roaming
Regulation
Consumer surplus
topic Telecom
Mobile data
Roaming
Regulation
Consumer surplus
description We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which has drastically reduced the price of accessing the mobile Internet for residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) when travelling abroad in the EEA. Our estimates using individual-level consumption data suggest that consumer surplus increased by around € 2.44 per user and travel day. We show that around 40% of the consumer surplus gains originated from a reduction in deadweight loss, that is, new users accessing the mobile Internet. We also highlight that the regulation had a heterogeneous impact on consumers, varying with usage intensity and the reason for travel (business vs. leisure).
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