The Adoption of Network Goods: Evidence from the Spread of Mobile Phones in Rwanda.

This article develops a method to estimate and simulate the adoption of a network good. I estimate demand for mobile phones as a function of individuals' social networks, coverage, and prices, using transaction data from nearly the entire network of Rwandan mobile phone subscribers at the time, over...

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Published in:	Review of Economic Studies Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 1033 - 1061
Main Author:	Björkegren, Daniel
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA May2019
Subjects:	Economic demand Cell phones Public welfare Rural telecommunication Subscription services Wireless telecommunication services industry
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost