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Scale Economies in Cellular Telephony: Size Matters

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Foreman, R Dean
Beauvais, Edward
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Strategic positioning and potential cost savings are popular explanations for growing consolidation in the wireless telephone industry. This research estimates economies of scale for a large panel of GTE Wireless cellular market areas. Contrary to previous findings, our results indicate scale economies exist throughout the system and provide a rationale for the industry trend of consolidation. Copyright 1999 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Regulatory Economics.

Volume (Year): 16 (1999)
Issue (Month): 3 (November)
Pages: 297-306
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