The impact of regulation on the retail prices in fixed-line telephony across the European Union

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-144

  Grzybowski, Lukasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fixed line telephony; Interconnection charges; Liberalization; Reduced form model; Regulatory policy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

FIXED LINE TELEPHONY; INTERCONNECTION CHARGES; LIBERALIZATION; REDUCED FORM MODELS; REGULATORY POLICY; RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EID: 38949147396     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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