Ramsey pricing in a hierarchical structure with an application to network-access pricing

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-314

  Chang, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structure; Network access pricing; Profit margin; Ramsey pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042866768     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01250130     Document Type: Article

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