The effect of market structure on cellular technology adoption and pricing

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-251

  Seim, Katja ^a   Viard, V Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for AI and Institutions at CKGSB   (China)

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EID: 79958188558     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.3.2.221     Document Type: Article

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