Discounting telephone service: An examination of participation in the Lifeline Assistance Program using panel data

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-149

  Hauge, Janice A ^a   Jamison, Mark A ^b   Todd Jewell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifeline; Subsidies; Telecommunications; Welfare participation

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FINANCE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

LIFELINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; PANEL DATA; TELEPHONE SERVICE; WELFARE PARTICIPATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

EID: 41949088853     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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