Economic impacts of mobile versus fixed broadband

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 999-1009

  Thompson Jr , Herbert G ^a   Garbacz, Christopher ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Economist   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Mobile broadband; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND PENETRATION; BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENDOGENEITY; INFORMATION NETWORKS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; KEY VARIABLES; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MOBILE BROADBAND; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; RAPID GROWTH; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODELS; THOMPSON; WIRELESS BROADBAND;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION USE; RURAL AREAS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80855139748     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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