From Network Externalities to Broadband Growth Externalities: A Bridge not yet Built

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-190

  Mayo, John W ^a   Wallsten, Scott ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Technology Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Growth externalities; Network externalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953226971     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-011-9286-8     Document Type: Editorial

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