Regulating prices in two-sided markets: The waterbed experience in mobile telephony

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 360-368

  Genakos, Christos ^a,b   Valletti, Tommaso ^c,d,e  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile telephony; Termination rates; Two sided markets; Waterbed effect

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

MOBILE TELEPHONY; POLICY INTERVENTION; PRICING STRUCTURES; RELATIVE PRICES; TWO-SIDED MARKETS; WATERBED EFFECTS;

COSTS;

EID: 84861224378     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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