The impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on the merger of RBOCs and MSOs: Case study: The merger of US West and Continental Cablevision

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 47-64

  Tseng, Kuo Feng ^a   Litman, Barry ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032389385     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327736me1103_5     Document Type: Article

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