欧洲和美国的移动终端费率与零售制度:CPP与RPP的统一理论

Mobile termination rates and retail regimes in Europe and the US: A unified theory of CPP and RPP

Information Economics and Policy · 2021
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人大 A-ABS 2

中文导读

研究了移动运营商对主叫和被叫收费的不同零售制度(CPP与RPP),发现降低终端费率在CPP下降低价格并提高渗透率,但在RPP下效果相反;比较欧美实践,得出当呼叫外部性很高时美国总剩余更高,而中间值时欧盟更优。

Abstract

We analyse an oligopoly model where mobile operators may charge subscribers for placing and receiving calls. We compare the CPP equilibrium (where receiving calls is free) with the RPP equilibrium (where placing and receiving calls are priced equally). Reducing termination rates leads to lower prices and higher penetration under CPP, but has reversed effects under RPP. No termination rate yields efficiency under either retail regime. Comparing EU practice (CPP with termination regulated at cost) and US practice (RPP with Bill and Keep), we find that total surplus is higher in the US when the value of receiving calls is very high, but both producer and consumer surplus are higher in the EU for intermediate values of the call externality. If call externality is higher (resp., lower), consumers (resp., producers) are better off in the US.

移动终端费率主叫方付费被叫方付费零售制度通话外部性