Telecommunications Demand in Theory and Practice

Provides analyses of the determinants and structure of telecommunications demands in United States and Canada. This title presents a theoretical analysis of business telecommunications demand on subscriber and usage consumption externalities. It also includes a bibliography with over 500 entries related to telecommunications demand and pricing.

Telecommunications Demand in Theory and Practice, which builds upon the author's seminal 1980 book, Telecommunications Demand: A Review and Critique, provides comprehensive analyses of the determinants and structure of telecommunications demands in the United States and Canada. Theory and empirical application receive equal emphasis with a heavy focus on the developments and econometric research since the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. For the first time, a detailed theoretical analysis of business telecommunications demand on subscriber and usage consumption externalities is presented. Telecommunications Demand in Theory and Practice is without peer in the documentation and analysis of price elasticities of demand for telecommunications services. This new book also includes a comprehensive bibliography with over 500 entries related to telecommunications demand and pricing. Telecommunications Demand will appeal to both academic and consulting economists, telecommunications industry analysts and regulators, and to teachers of courses in applied econometrics and regulated industries.

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. 1.
Introduction and Overview. 2. Theory of Telephone Demand I:
Basic Results. 3. Theory of Telephone Demand II: Extensions of
Basic Results. 4. Business Telecommunications Demand. 5.
Recent Studies of Residential Access Demand. 6. Recent Studies
of Toll Demand. 7. The Demand for Local Calls and Related Local
Services. 8. Business Telephone System Demand, Total-Bill and
Socio-Demographic Effects. 9. Consumption Externalities.
10. Price Elasticities in the Hearing Room: the Promise and
Limits of Econometric Analyses of Telecommunications Demand. 11.
Evaluation and Conclusions. Appendix 1: The Pre-1980 Empirical
Literature on Telephone Demand
Access, Local Service, and Interstate
Toll. Appendix 2: The Pre-1980 Empirical Literature on Telephone
Demand
Intrastate Toll, WATS and Private Line, Coin, etc. Appendix
3: A Model of Toll Demand. Bibliography. Index.