Competition between networks: A study of the market for yellow pages

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 483-512

  Rysman, Marc ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS);

EID: 1942501566     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00512     Document Type: Article

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