Switching costs and consumer behaviour: Implications for telecommunications regulation

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Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 13-29

  Xavier, Patrick ^a   Ypsilanti, Dimitri ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Pricing policy; Public policy; Regulation; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949104563     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690810887517     Document Type: Article

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