A model of competition in mobile communications

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-72

  Valletti, Tommaso M ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L13; L96; Mobile telephony; Network coverage; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

MOBILE TELEPHONY; NETWORK COVERAGE; VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032646435     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(99)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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