The debate on net neutrality: A policy perspective

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-82

  Cheng, Hsing Kenneth ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Subhajyoti ^a   Guo, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband service providers; Consumer surplus; Content providers; Economics of net neutrality; Net neutrality; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751624039     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0257     Document Type: Article

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