When national institutions do not matter. The importance of international factors: Pricing policies in telecoms

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 973-994

  Serot, Alexandre ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Historical institutionalism; International factors; Policy change; Pricing; Regulatory reform; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036930503     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176022000046454     Document Type: Article

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