Market competition for cable television: Reexamining its horizontal mergers and industry concentration

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 25-41

  Chan Olmsted, Sylvia M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030543169     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327736me0902_2     Document Type: Article

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