Determinants of mobile phone ownership in Brazil: does internet access matter?
Abstract
Since 2008 access to the Internet has become mandatory in Brazilian mobile telephony. This paper investigates the determinants of ownership of this segment using PNAD survey data from 2008 to 2009. The results, using logit model, show that Internet access increases the probability of ownership of mobile telephony in 19%.
Keywords:
mobile telephony in Brazil, internet access, possession
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Khalil, M. and Kenny, C. (2008) “The Next Decade of ICT Development: Access, Application and the forces of Convergence. Information Technologies and International Development, Vol. 4 (3), p. 1-6.
Gupta, R. and K. Jain (2011). Diffusion of mobile telephony in India: An empirical study. Technological Forecasting & Social Change. Article in Press.
Mas-Colell, A., M Whinston, and J. Green (1995), Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press.
Rodini, M., Ward, M.R., Woroch, G.A. (2002). “Going Mobile: Substitutability Between Fixed and Mobile Access”. Paper apresentado na Conferência "Competition in Wireless: Spectrum, Service and Technology Wars", Florida.
Schimitd, C. A. J. (2005). Três ensaios sobre concorrência em setores da economia brasileira. Tese de doutorado. Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Rio de Janeiro.
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Published
2012-05-16
How to Cite
NISHIJIMA, Marislei; FAGUNDES, Jorge; LIMA, Marcos A. M..
Determinants of mobile phone ownership in Brazil: does internet access matter?. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SBSI), 8. , 2012, São Paulo.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2012
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p. 755-760.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2012.14460.
