The economics of universal service: An analysis of entry subsidies for high speed broadband
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DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2017.04.004
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Keywords
Universal service; Entry subsidies; Broadband; Telecommunications;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
- L97 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Utilities: General
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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