Cross-border rent shifting in international telecommunications

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-536

  Galbi, Douglas A ^a  

^a Fed Commun Commn Rm 518 B   (United States)

Author keywords

Liberalization; Services; Telecommunications; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; UTILITY RATES;

CROSS BORDER RENT; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION; LIBERALIZATION; TERMINATION PRICES; TRADE POLICY;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

LIBERALIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 0032464978     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(98)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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