Regulation and Competition : How Antitrust and Sector Regulation Affect Telecom Competition
Countries with fully liberalized telecommunications markets have adopted different mixes of antitrust and sector-specific regulatory instruments. Does the balance between the two approaches matter for competitiveness? Drawing on the experiences of Australia, Chile, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this Note finds that it does matter. Countries that get the balance right tend to have more competitive telecommunications markets.
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2005-06
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| Subjects: | ANTITRUST LAW, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATIONS, INTERNET ACCESS, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, INTERNET SERVICES, ISP, MARKET POWER, MARKET SEGMENTS, MARKET SHARE, PHONES, PRICE COMPARISONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PURCHASING, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REGIMES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS, UNIVERSAL SERVICE, UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6045914/regualtion-competition-antitrust-sector-regulation-affect-telecom-competition-regulation-competition-antitrust-sector-regulation-affect-telecom-competition https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11219 |
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