The effect of prices on fixed and mobile telephone penetration: Using price subsidies as natural experiments

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-32

  Ward, Michael R ^a   Woroch, Glenn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access demand; Fixed mobile substitution; Natural experiment; Universal service

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER DEMANDS; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-ELASTICITIES; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; ENDOGENEITY; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; MOBILE SERVICE; MOBILE TELEPHONES; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; NET IMPACT; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; PROGRAM PARTICIPATION; UNIVERSAL SERVICE;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EXPERIMENTS;

ACCESSIBILITY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SERVICE PROVISION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 76349091123     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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