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Synergies in Wireless Telephony: Evidence from the Broadband PCS Auctions
Author(s) -
Ausubel Lawrence M.,
Cramton Peter,
McAfee R. Preston,
McMillan John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of economics and management strategy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.672
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1530-9134
pISSN - 1058-6407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1430-9134.1997.00497.x
Subject(s) - common value auction , spectrum auction , broadband , business , telecommunications , wireless , mobile broadband , computer science , auction theory , economics , microeconomics , revenue equivalence
We examine bid data from the first two broadband PCS spectrum auctions for evidence of value synergies. First, we estimate a benchmark regression for the determinants of final auction prices. Then, we include variables reflecting the extent to which bidders ultimately won or already owned the adjacent wireless properties. Consistent with geographic synergies in an ascending‐bid auction, prices were higher when the highest losing bidder had adjacent licenses. The footprints of winning bidders suggest that they were often successful in realizing these synergies.