This paper shows empirically that privatization in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the … privatization and the introduction of independent regulators have, at best, only partial effects on the consequences of corruption …

The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of … noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so … developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly …

Regulation often creates opportunities for public officials to extract bribes. If this is true, deregulation offers a … simple way to combat corruption. However, empirical evidence on the corruption and regulation nexus is limited. Further, the …

The authors use a panel-data set for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecommunications … investment needs in electricity and telecommunications for the current growth scenario (3.6 percent a year) are of the order of 0 …

uptake of regulation, implementation has proved to be challenging in the developing world. Regulators were seldom as …-to-day practice of regulation. In practice, many developing countries operate with ?advisory regulators? whose main role is to provide … technical support to the ultimate political decision makers. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that regulation has had a …