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List of Tables List of Figures Acronyms 1 Introduction 2 Market structure 2.1 Seller concentration . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Cost structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Barriers to Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Network Externalities . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.1 Demand for Phone Services . . 2.4.2 Model of Three Brands . . . . . 2.4.3 Switching Costs . . . . . . . . . 2.5 The Mobile Telecommunication Market 2.6 The Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Czech operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.1 Telef´nica O2 . . . . . . . . . . o 2.7.2 T-mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.3 Vodafone . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7.4 Historical Cases . . . . . . . . . viii ix x 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 11 12 12 13 13 14

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3 Oligopoly 16 3.1 Cournot Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2 Stackelberg Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.3 Collusive Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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4 Measures of Market Performance 4.1 Structure Conduct Performance . . . . . . . . . 4.1.1 Herfindahl Hirschman Index . . . . . . . 4.2 New Empirical Industrial Organization . . . . . 4.2.1 Basic Theory and Different Approaches . 4.3 Model of the Mobile Phone Industry . . . . . . 4.3.1 Empirical Implementation and Empirical 4.3.2 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Results and Interpretations 5.1 Critical Evaluation and Limitations of a Model 6 Conclusion Bibliography

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