2011/01/01 by Wolfgang Briglauer, Briglauer, Wolfgang, Georg Ecker +3
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Digital Platforms and Economics #ICT Impact and Policies #Local Government Finance and Decentralization
paper · pdf · doi:10.57938/2186f665-3753-4ba8-9e32-f5c84ef17bc8
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Fiber-deployment of future telecommunications networks ("Next Generation Access" - NGA) is <br/>currently a major challenge for sector-specific regulators as well as for investing firms. Although the <br/>future socio-economic importance of new telecommunications networks is uncontroversial, the related <br/>investment activities vary substantially in international comparison. <br/>This work intends to identify the most important determinants of previous NGA deployment using <br/>data from the EU27 member states for the years 2005 to 2010. For our analysis, we employ latest data <br/>on NGA deployment, relevant competition and regulatory indicators as well as other supply and <br/>demand side controls. Our econometric model incorporates: i) aggregated country level data; ii) <br/>structurally modeled dynamics of the deployment process which allows us to disentangle long-term <br/>and short-term effects; finally, iii) we argue that there is no endogeneity problem with respect to <br/>investment activities and regulation since we refer to regulation in preceding broadband markets. For <br/>our econometric analysis, we employ several dynamic panel data methods, such as GMM and <br/>LSDVC. <br/>Our results indicate that stricter previous broadband access regulation has a negative impact on NGA <br/>deployment. As regards the dynamics of the adjustment process, we find that there are severe <br/>adjustment costs and stickiness towards the desired long-term level of NGA infrastructure. (author's abstract)