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Dissertation Information for Judith Ann Molka-Danielsen

NAME:
- Judith Ann Molka-Danielsen

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1996)

ADVISORS:
- Martin Weiss

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Marek J. Druzdzel
- Richard A. Thompson
- Trevor Roycroft
- Phyllis Weinroth Bernt

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The examination of strategic interactions in one local access telephone market: The effects on expected price for access and universal access

Abstract: In this research an examination of strategic interactions in one local access telephone market is conducted. The study includes an evaluation of expected price for access to local telephone service, at the household level, where there is competition between two firms. The approach used is to simulate the behavior of two profit seeking firms in a competition game that resembles one current U.S. local telephone access market. The game is calibrated to the U.S. market because all parameters are chosen so that they match U.S. data. For instance, the inverse demand for local access is estimated using 1990 U.S. Census data in a way similar to Perl (1983) (31) (32). For the two firms cost function, a cost function is fitted from 1993 replacement cost data for 14 service areas provided by (27). The study is conducted for the case of equal cost providers and for the case of differentiated cost providers. In the case where costs are differentiated, the costs of the two providers are made different by the ratio differences between telephone service facilities and cable service facilities as provided by Reed (34). Using the replacement cost functions and the demand for access functions, a simulated model for the interaction of two providers in the described market is presented along with support for the validation of the game implementation. From the interactive game, optimal strategies (i.e. quantities) are extracted for the two firms, and expected process and expected penetration rates are computed. The originality of this kind of prediction is that it is based on equilibrium behavior only. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications for universal access for the local telephone market.

MPACT Scores for Judith Ann Molka-Danielsen

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:24:07

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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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