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In mobile communications there are two superimposing spatial activities: mobility and telecommunication. Starting from an individual utility function of a certain type, a micro-economic founded gravity model for spatial mobile communication flows is developed in this paper. Estimated parameters of this model are reported and compared with those which stem from non-mobile communication.
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The author wishes to thank Lutz Schade, Detecon, for his helpful comments.
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Matthes, N. Allocation of mobile communication flows. Ann Reg Sci 28, 395–409 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01581967
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01581967