Means not ends: Deterring discrimination through equivalence and functional separation

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Cadman, Richard ^a,b  

^a Chapel House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting separation; Broadband; Discrimination; Equivalence of input; Functional separation; Undertakings

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SEPARATION; BROADBAND; BROADBAND MARKET; DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT MARKETS;

EID: 77955430760     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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