Estimating network effects and compatibility: Evidence from the Polish mobile market

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-143

  Grajek, Michał ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Mobile telephony; Network effects; Structural econometric model

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITIES; DEMAND MODELS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; MOBILE MARKETS; MOBILE TELEPHONE NETWORKS; MOBILE TELEPHONES; MOBILE TELEPHONY; MOBILE TELEPHONY NETWORK; NETWORK EFFECTS; PANEL DATA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKET SYSTEM; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NETWORK DESIGN; PANEL DATA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

POLAND;

EID: 77249107751     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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