Tariff-quality equilibrium and its implications for telecommunications regulation

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 301-315

  Yan, Xu ^a   Thong, James Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Experiment; Hong Kong; International direct dialling; Tariff quality; Telecommunications policy

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037377067     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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