Mobile and fixed substitution for telephone service in China

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-310

  Ward, Michael R ^a   Zheng, Shilin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Competition; Fixed; Mobile; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; FIXED; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MOBILE; MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICES; TELEPHONE SERVICES;

COMPETITION; ELASTICITY; PRIVATIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84856767001     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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