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Consumer Representation and Local Telephone Rates
Author(s) -
MAYER ROBERT N.,
ZICK CATHLEEN D.,
BURTON JOHN R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1989.tb00248.x
Subject(s) - proxy (statistics) , politics , representation (politics) , telephone survey , business , service (business) , advertising , public administration , marketing , public economics , economics , political science , computer science , law , machine learning
The study reported here attempts to determine the impact of several political factors, including the type of proxy advocacy provided by state government, on flat‐rate, residential telephone service. Results indicate that the type of proxy advocacy and the length of public utility commissioners’ terms are significantly related to residential telephone rates, whereas method of commissioner selection has no relationship to rates.