Demand estimation and market definition for broadband Internet services

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-95

  Cardona, Mélisande ^a   Schwarz, Anton ^b   Yurtoglu, B Burcin ^c   Zulehner, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Broadband Internet access; Estimation of discrete choice models; Market definition; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349164527     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9076-x     Document Type: Article

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