Horizontal Concentration and Vertical Integration in the Cable Television Industry

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-518

  Ford, George S ^a   Jackson, John D ^b  

^a MCI Telecommunications Corporation   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable television; Empirical; Horizontal concentration; Price; Vertical integration; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION; HORIZONTAL CONCENTRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

USA;

EID: 0031466354     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007742414944     Document Type: Article

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