Broadband policy assessment: A cross-national empirical analysis

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 445-463

  Cava Ferreruela, Inmaculada ^a,b   Alabau Muñoz, Antonio ^b  

^a Regional Government of Valencia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broadband demand supply; Broadband policy; Digital divide; Empirical analysis; Multivariate analysis; Telecommunications; Telecommunications policy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BROADBAND DEMAND SUPPLY; BROADBAND POLICY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 33748184440     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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