The Economic Logic for Conditioning Bell Entry into Long Distance on the Prior Opening of Local Markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-288

  Schwartz, Marius ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034369348     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008155020908     Document Type: Article

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