Evidence of a modest price decline in US broadband services

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-211

  Greenstein, Shane ^a   McDevitt, Ryan ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Cable; DSL; Internet access; Policy; Price index

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND SERVICE; CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; HEDONIC PRICES; INTERNET ACCESS; POLICY; POLICY DISCUSSION; PRICE CHANGES; PRICE INDEX; QUALITY-ADJUSTED PRICES; SERVICE CONTRACT;

CABLES; ESTIMATION;

COSTS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INTERNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; PRICE DETERMINATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955978637     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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