Quantifying the benefits of entry into local phone service

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-730

  Economides, Nicholas ^a   Seim, Katja ^b   Viard, V Brian ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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EID: 54049125346     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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