The effects of vertical integration between cable television systems and pay cable networks

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 357-395

  Waterman, David ^a   Weiss, Andrew A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Model selection; Schwarz criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000302906     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(94)01726-3     Document Type: Article

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