Quantifying price-driven wireless substitution in telephony

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 984-998

  Caves, Kevin W ^a  

^a Navigant Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand estimation; Wireless substitution

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; DATA SETS; DEMAND ESTIMATION; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; INCOME ELASTICITIES; LAND-LINE SERVICES; LANDLINE; NON-TRIVIAL; PANEL DATA; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; RELATIVE PRICES; TIME-PERIODS; US HOUSEHOLDS; VOICE SERVICES; WIRELESS CONNECTION; WIRELESS SERVICES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

EID: 80855139766     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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