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dc.contributor.authorBarth, Anne-Kathrinen
dc.contributor.authorGraf, Juliaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-16-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-21T17:05:38Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-21T17:05:38Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-86304-035-2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51563-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates why consumers choose calling plans that are not always cost-minimizing. Our approach is twofold: we account for general difficulties facing a tariff choice, as well as for biased preferences. We provide evidence from an experiment among German university students and staff, finding that participants are often not aware of their actual consumption. In line with the findings on at-rate biases, respondents systematically overestimate their consumption. On the other hand, they are generally able and willing to detect optimal tariffs. Furthermore, with increasing usage level, consumers' performance improves. However, some participants hold strong preferences for certain tariff forms, seducing them to choose cost-dominated offers. In our setup, we find that respondents prefer tariffs involving subsidies or hire-purchase options for handsets over contracts with buy now options.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) |cDüsseldorfen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDICE Discussion Paper |x36en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordBehavioral Economicsen
dc.subject.keywordMobile phone tariffsen
dc.subject.keywordHandset subsidyen
dc.subject.keywordHire-purchase of deviceen
dc.titleIrrationality rings! - Experimental evidence on mobile tariff choices-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn672345536en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:dicedp:36en

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