Intra B.C. long distance telephone demand price elasticities : an empirical investigation

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dc.contributor.authorBozman, Scotten_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T00:05:54Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T00:05:54Z
dc.date.copyright1983en_US
dc.date.issued1983
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractPrice elasticity estimates for toll telephone services have played an increasingly important role in the decisions of British Columbia Telephone Company and the Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission. However, the results of any prior econometric analysis can only be interpreted with regard to the range of variation in the variables studied. In view of this, the purpose of this thesis is to produce and evaluate price elasticity estimates incorporating the recent recessionary period. Two models were considered. A log Koyck specification was found to be superior to the flow adjustment model. In general, the results implicate that consumer behavior has changed significantly and price elasticities have become elastic on average. As work progressed on the model it became apparent that several problems could effect the reliability of parameter estimates. Nonetheless, this does not mean that the price elasticities presential here are without merit. Rather the usefulness of these results should be interpreted in their ability to indicate the general direction and magnitude of toll demand elasticities and to point out problem areas requiring further research.
dc.format.extent99 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17072
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dc.titleIntra B.C. long distance telephone demand price elasticities : an empirical investigationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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