Targeted and untargeted subsidy schemes: Evidence from postdivestiture efforts to promote universal telephone service

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 477-502

  Eriksson, Ross C ^a   Kaserman, David L ^b   Mayo, John W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11544373866     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467398     Document Type: Article

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