Scale efficiencies in US telecommunications: An empirical investigation

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-318

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a   Chang, Hsi Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0041499412     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199605)17:3<303::AID-MDE753>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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