Cost and benefits from infrastructure competition. Estimating welfare effects from broadband access competition

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 401-418

  Höffler, Felix ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broadband; Cable TV; DSL; Infrastructure competition; Internet; Service competition

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS; CABLE TV; INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION; SERVICE COMPETITION;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DSL; INTERNET; INVESTMENTS;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 34447514370     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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