Me and you and everyone we know: An empirical analysis of local network effects in mobile communications

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Corrocher, Nicoletta ^a,b   Zirulia, Lorenzo ^a,c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumers' heterogeneity; Italy; Local network effects; Mobile communications

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

CONSUMERS' HETEROGENEITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INNOVATIVENESS; ITALY; LOCAL NETWORK EFFECTS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE OPERATORS; MOBILE USAGES; VOICE SERVICES;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 59649104933     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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