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    Network Effects:the Case of Switzerland’s Mobile Telephony
    (Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo - Sede Cochabamba, 2009-02-05) Bayanova, Bakhyt; Belet, Jonathan; Brun Andrade, Romel; Gazivoda, Vaso
    The goal of this paper is to investigate if there is some evidence of network effects in the mobile telephony of Switzerland. In order to do that, we exploit two kinds of information. First, we explore information about some economic variables related to the telecom industry, such as market shares, prices, the length and frequency of on and off-net calls. Second, we use the information of a survey made among students at the University of Lausanne about their attitudes and behavior with regard to mobile phones. In line with the economic literature on telecommuncations, we found the evidence of network effects in the mobile telephony industry. We found that in the case of Switzerland, the network effect is induced by the operators, as it is the case for other countries. The analysis of the survey results provided us with the evidence that people tend to coordinate their choice of the mobile operator according to the price strategies implemented by the operators.+
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    COMPETENCIA EN EL MERCADO DE INSUMOS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EN BOLIVIA
    (Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo - Sede Cochabamba, 2009-03) Brun Andrade, Romel
    En este trabajo se analiza el grado de competencia en el mercado de la construcción de viviendas. Como es sabido, el consumidor final no gozará de los beneficios de la competencia si ésta no se produce en una de las etapas de la cadena de producción. En particular, en este trabajo se examinan las posibles limitaciones estructurales y de conducta que pueden afectar la competencia de empresas en los mercados de insumos que tienen una mayor incidencia en el costo de la construcción de una vivienda, a saber el cemento y el acero para la construcción.