Switching Costs and Introductory Pricing in the Wireless Service Industry
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Keywords
Switching Costs; Price Discounts; Number Portability; Wireless Industry; Telecommunications.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2013-10-05 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2013-10-05 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MKT-2013-10-05 (Marketing)
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