2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2017.07.013
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Welfare effects of the Telecommunication Reform in Mexico

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“…In the context of the Mexican Telecommunications Reform, our positive results in terms of competition are in line with those of Ovando and Olivera (2013), who found that the 2013 Mexican Telecommunications Reform resulted in higher internet adoption; Ayala et al (2018) who found large gains in consumer welfare due to reductions in telephone prices; and Cave and Mariscal (2020) who show that distributional gains due to lower prices in the sector favored the lower income consumers. Our research contributes to expand this literature by examining the effect of the reform in a key economic outcome: market structure.…”
Section: Literature Reviewsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…In the context of the Mexican Telecommunications Reform, our positive results in terms of competition are in line with those of Ovando and Olivera (2013), who found that the 2013 Mexican Telecommunications Reform resulted in higher internet adoption; Ayala et al (2018) who found large gains in consumer welfare due to reductions in telephone prices; and Cave and Mariscal (2020) who show that distributional gains due to lower prices in the sector favored the lower income consumers. Our research contributes to expand this literature by examining the effect of the reform in a key economic outcome: market structure.…”
Section: Literature Reviewsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Asimismo, en 2013 hubo una reforma constitucional en materia de TIC con el objetivo de promover la competencia en el sector de telecomunicaciones, disminuir los precios de la telefonía fija y móvil e incrementar la cobertura de los servicios (Ayala, Chapa, García y Hibert, 2018). En ella se estableció lo siguiente: "el Estado garantizará el derecho de acceso a las tecnologías de la información y comunicación, así como a los servicios de radiodifusión y telecomunicaciones, incluido el de banda ancha e internet" por el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF, 2013, p. 3).…”
Section: Política De Tic En Méxicounclassified
“…The transitional articles of the Constitution also specified that by the end of 2018, the state would extend internet access with a speed in accordance with the average registered in the OECD countries, to reach 70% of all households and 85% of all SMEs at the national level (SEGOB, 2013). Accordingly, Mexico's prices of fixed broadband internet are still above the average prices in the OECD countries even though mobile broadband has decreased in the last few years (Ayala et al, 2017;OECD, 2017).…”
Section: Access To Ictsmentioning
confidence: 99%