Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252129 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9612
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual-level usage data suggest that consumer surplus increased by 2.77 EUR/user/travel day. A decomposition shows the heterogeneous impact of the regulation on different user segments. We estimate that around half of the gains stem from a reduction in deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with usage intensity abroad and at home, by the nature of the trip (leisure vs. business), and by content type. We discuss implications for content providers and other policy areas such as net neutrality.
Subjects: 
Telecom
mobile data
roaming
regulation
consumer surplus
JEL: 
L96
L51
O33
D62
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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