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Telecommunications are in a period of rapid change. There is a technological development leading to new services and there is deregulation aimed at increasing competition for earlier telecom monopolies. Economic psychology has a long tradition in communication research and has due to its interdisciplinary approach some unique advantages in research on telecommunications. Some examples of current research are given and certain problem areas are pointed out as being especially interesting for researchers in economic psychology.
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Wärneryd, KE. (1994). Economic Psychology and Telecommunications Research. In: Brandstätter, H., Güth, W. (eds) Essays on Economic Psychology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48621-0_7
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