Network effects and merger analysis: Instant messaging and the AOL-Time Warner case

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 311-333

  Faulhaber, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Leveraging market power; Network effects; New economy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC POLICY;

INSTANT MESSAGING (IM);

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036269976     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00015-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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