Cost structure and complementarity in U.S. Telecommunications, 1989-1999

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-302

  Lorincz, Szabolcs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cost complementarity; Cost function; Inefficiency; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY;

COST COMPLEMENTARITY; NETWORK ACCESS;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SERVICE PROVISION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949128740     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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