Can you hear me now? The rise of smartphones and their welfare effects

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-51

  Rennhoff, Adam D ^a   Routon, P Wesley ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Demand complementarity; Smartphones; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957890503     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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