Price-Quality Tradeoffs and Welfare Effects in Cable Television Markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-123

  Beard, T Randolph ^b   Ekelund Jr , Robert B ^b   Ford, George S ^a   Saba, Richard S ^b  

^a Z Tel Corp Auburn Plcy Res Ctr   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035636086     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011124509158     Document Type: Article

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