An experimental test of design alternatives for the British 3G/UMTS auction

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 505-530

  Abbink, Klaus ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b   Pezanis Christou, Paul ^c   Rockenbach, Bettina ^b   Sadrieh, Abdolkarim ^d   Selten, Reinhard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^c Barcelona)   (Spain)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiments; Incumbents; New entrants; Spectrum auctions; UMTS

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; TELECOMMUNICATION; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 11244356661     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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