The present article proposes a new approach to compare mobile communication service prices among different communications service providers. To this end, a hedonic model based on monthly phone bills is employed that relates billed amounts and the quantities of consumed mobile communication services. A linear hedonic regression model is separately estimated for each provider and then used to...
Over the last ten years, the hedonic approach has been acknowledged as the most appropriate method for addressing the valuation of goods that have a non-constant quality. This thesis is structured in four independent papers that investigate statistical problems related to this approach. The aim is to improve actual knowledge in the hedonic field through an empirical or theoretical approach, and...