Can the HM-test be brought to an end?: Some conceptual issues and practical problems

NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Briglauer, Wolfgang ^a   Schwarz, Anton ^a  

^a Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost concepts; Critical elasticity; HM test; LRIC; Price cost margin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746041803     PISSN: 13859587     EISSN: 15737071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11066-005-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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