Access regulation and strategic transfer pricing

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-31

  Fjell, Kenneth ^a   Foros, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access pricing; Competition; Cost based regulation; Telecommunications; Transfer pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249098494     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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