Estimating network effects in mobile telephony in Germany

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-79

  Doganoglu, Toker ^a,b   Grzybowski, Lukasz ^c  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Mobile telephony; Network effects

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

MOBILE TELEPHONY; NETWORK EFFECTS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOBILE COMMUNICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33846619755     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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