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The paper uses standard concepts of equilibrium and efficiency to analyze certain properties of the telephone system. The property of access/no access plays a central role in the analysis, and it is suggested that many so-called "systems" in modern life have similar access/no access properties.
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Artle et al. (1973) studied this question.
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