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December 2002
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Pot of gold or winner's curse? An event study of the auctions of 3G mobile telephone licences in the UK
Type: Journal Articles
Authors: John Cable, Andrew Henley and Kevin Holland
ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 447-462
JEL classification: L96, D44, G14

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Commentators have suggested that the winning companies in the UK 3G mobile telephone auction overpaid for their licences. However, event-study method using the market model under ordinary least squares (OLS), robust and structural time-series estimation yields no systematic evidence of the Ñ·inner's curseÒ® Positive as well as negative one-day wealth effects are observed amongst both winners and losers, and there is no lasting adverse market reaction to the winners, taken as a group. We conclude there is no case for easing the regulatory stance in the industry on grounds that the winners paid too much.

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