Measuring competition in services markets with pass-through and speed of adjustment:

Making trade work for all and harnessing popular support for openness to trade depends on consumers benefitting from lower prices and broader product variety. The present study reveals that those benefits depend on competition in services markets, in particular in telecommunication. These findings r...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzales, Frédéric (Author)
Other Authors: Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (Contributor), Lioussis, Michel (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2021
Series:OECD Trade Policy Papers no.258
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Making trade work for all and harnessing popular support for openness to trade depends on consumers benefitting from lower prices and broader product variety. The present study reveals that those benefits depend on competition in services markets, in particular in telecommunication. These findings result from employing an industrial organisation framework to estimate the transmission of prices from the world market to consumers of certain services in local markets (distribution, transport, and financial services). The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (OECD STRI) is used to explore the relationship between the pass-through rate of input prices to consumer prices and policy measures that capture the openness and strength of competition in services markets. The OECD STRI in telecommunications is found to be associated with a more complete and faster pass-through of prices in all markets studied. The results also illustrate the crucial role played by the internet in allowing for price comparisons that generate competitive pressure on distributors.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (36 Seiten) 21 x 28cm.

There is no print copy available.

Get full text