The promise and pitfalls of restructuring network industries

German Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-228

  Buehler, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access pricing; Double marginalization; Investment; Product differentiation; Vertical foreclosure

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 19844370070     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-6485.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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