Facilities competition and local network investment: Theory, evidence and policy implications

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-614

  Woroch, Glenn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037941559     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/7.4.601     Document Type: Article

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