An empirical analysis of competition, privatization, and regulation in telecommunications markets in Africa and Latin America (English)

The author explores the effects of privatization, competition, and regulation on telecommunications performance in 30 African and Latin American countries from 1984 to 1997. Competition is associated with tangible benefits in terms of mainline penetration, number of pay phones, connection capacity, and reduced prices. Fixed-effects regressions reveal that competition - measured by mobile operators not owned by the incumbent telecommunications provider...

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Wallsten, Scott J.;
Document Date
1999/06/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2136
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America, Caribbean, Africa,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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An empirical analysis of competition, privatization, and regulation in telecommunications markets in Africa and Latin America
Keywords
Privatization

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Wallsten, Scott J..

An empirical analysis of competition, privatization, and regulation in telecommunications markets in Africa and Latin America (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2136 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/768601468773406711

An empirical analysis of competition, privatization, and regulation in telecommunications markets in Africa and Latin America (English)

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