Strategic incentives under vertical integration: The case of wireline-affiliated wireless carriers and intermodal competition in the US

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-298

  Zimmerman, Paul R ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cannibalization; Intermodal competition; Telecommunications; Vertical integration; Wireless telephony

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149122872     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9065-0     Document Type: Article

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