Price-cap regulation and service-quality in telecommunications: An empirical study

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Resende, Marcelo ^a   Otávio Facanha, Luís ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Price cap regulation; Quality; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; INFERIOR QUALITY PERFORMANCE; PRICE-CAP REGULATION (PCR); SERVICE-QUALITY PERFORMANCE;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

PRICING POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344273255     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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