Hedonic prices in the German market for mobile phones

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-13

  Dewenter, Ralf ^a   Haucap, Justus ^b   Luther, Ricardo ^a   Rötzel, Peter ^b  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hedonic price analysis; Mobile phones; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MARKETING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE SETS;

HEDONIC PRICE ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846382730     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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