Ownership Concentration and Strategic Supply Reduction

Ulrich Doraszelski, Katja Seim, Michael Sinkinson and Peichun Wang

No 23034, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We explore the implications of ownership concentration for the recently concluded incentive auction that re-purposed spectrum from broadcast TV to mobile broadband usage in the U.S. We document significant multi-license ownership of TV stations. We show that in the reverse auction, in which TV stations bid to relinquish their licenses, multi-license owners have an incentive to withhold some TV stations to drive up prices for their remaining TV stations. Using a large-scale valuation and simulation exercise, we find that this strategic supply reduction increases payouts to TV stations by between 13.5% and 42.4%.

JEL-codes: L10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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