Infrastructure quality in deregulated industries: Is there an underinvestment problem?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Buehler, Stefan ^a,b   Schmutzler, Armin ^a,c   Benz, Men Andri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Investment incentives; Networks; Quality; Vertical externality

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; VERTICAL EXTERNALITY;

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; THEOREM PROVING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0346497832     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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