Universal service: An economic perspective

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-43

  Cremer, H ^a,b   Gasmi, F ^a   Grimaud, A ^a   Laffont, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

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EID: 0010243063     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00158     Document Type: Article

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