Ability, location and household demand for Internet bandwidth

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Savage, Scott James ^a   Waldman, Donald M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ability; Digital divide; Internet bandwidth; Location

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERNET;

ABILITY; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ECONOMIC MODELS; INTERNET BANDWIDTH; LOCATION; PREFERENCE HETEROGENEITIES; TOTAL EFFECTS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 59249083035     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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