Demand for international telephone traffic in Spain: An econometric study using provincial panel data

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-315

  Muñoz, Teresa Garín ^a   Amaral, Teodosio Pérez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand for telephone traffic; International telephone traffic; Orthogonal deviations; Panel data; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC; MARKET DEMAND; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL PATTERN; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONE TRAFFIC;

SPAIN;

EID: 0030404342     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(96)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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