Price, programming and potential competition in US cable television markets

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-46

  Savage, Scott J ^a   Wirth, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable television; Competition; Entry; Price; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044345635     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-004-4417-x     Document Type: Review

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