Geography and the costs of local telephone networks

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 821-842

  Mert Cubukcu, K ^a   Guldmann, Jean Michel ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMY OF SCALE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAND USE LOCATION; MONOPOLY; POPULATION DENSITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049148239     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0195-6     Document Type: Article

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