Regulations, Institutions, and Commitment: Comparative Studies of Telecommunications

by Brian Levy, Pablo T. Spiller

Overview

Currently, privatization and regulatory reform are often viewed as the solution to the problem of poor performance by telecommunications and other public utilities. This volume argues that these high expectations may not always be met because of the way a country's institutions and systems interact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521550130
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/28/1996
Series:	Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Douglass North; Series editor's preface; Preface; List of contributors; 1. A framework for resolving the regulatory problem Brian Levy and Pablo T. Spiller; 2. Telecommunications regulation in Jamaica Pablo T. Spiller and Cezley I. Sampson; 3. The United Kingdom: a pacesetter in regulatory incentives Pablo T. Spiller and Ingo Vogelsang; 4. Chile: regulatory specificity, credibility of commitment, and distributional demands Ahmed Galal; 5. The political economy of the telecommunications sector in the Philippines Hadi Salehi Esfahani; 6. Argentina: the sequencing of privatization and regulation Alice Hill and Manuel Angel Abdala; Notes; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book is of interest not only for telecommunications economists with the conclusions reached being of relevance for other regulated industries as well." Pio Baake, Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics

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