Scale economies and scope economies in the Japanese broadcasting market

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-331

  Asai, Sumiko ^a  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadcasting; Incremental cost; Scale economies; Scope economies; Stand alone cost; Symmetric generalized McFadden cost function

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; COST FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

SCALE ECONOMIES; SCOPE ECONOMIES; STAND-ALONE COST;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKET CONDITIONS; SERVICE PROVISION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 38949172440     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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