This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current and new consumers. Using household budget survey data from 2015/16 for Ethiopia and assuming a reform scenario that dilutes the market share of the telecommunications state-owned monopoly to 45 percent, the model predicts a 25.3 percent reduction in the price of mobile services and an increase of 4.6 million new users of mobile phone...
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2021/01/20
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9516
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2021/01/20
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Competition Reform and Household Welfare : A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia
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markets and institutions for poverty reduction and shared prosperity