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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...
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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

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