Estimating demand for cellular phone services in Japan

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-23

  Iimi, Atsushi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand estimation; Mobile telecommunications; Nested logit model; Network externalities; Price elasticity; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

DEMAND ESTIMATION; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; PRICE ELASTICITY; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 13644250932     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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