Fundamental instability: Why telecom is becoming a cyclical and oligopolistic industry

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-284

  Noam, Eli M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Cyclicality; Oligopoly; Regulation; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CYCLICALITY; INVESTORS; OLIGOPOLY;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

INVESTMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; OLIGOPOLY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE ROLE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 38949087233     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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