Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband

Econometrica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 411-443

  Nevo, Aviv ^a,b   Turner, John L ^c   Williams, Jonathan W ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

broadband; dynamics; usage based pricing; Demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961242307     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11927     Document Type: Article

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