This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications … of out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …

We use a unique data set of Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications, in particular … out-migrant workers by 2.1 percentage points, or about 54 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …

Using a new data set of the telecommunications sector on privatization (1981-98 for 167 countries) and competition … liberalization in the telecommunications sector. Building on the framework of a generalized private interest theory, we derive … telecommunications sector. We pay particular attention to how the effects of interest groups on policies vary from more democratic to …

Infrastructure industries - including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas - underwent massive structural … an extensive survey of telecommunications and electricity regulators in developing countries. The authors describe the … surveys and the resulting database. The database of telecommunications regulations includes 178 variables on regulatory …

We construct comprehensive and consistent datasets on telecommunications and electricity regulations in developing … countries through extensive surveys of regulators. The database of telecommunications regulations includes 178 variables on …

, likely the engine for innovation in the coming years in China, are especially financially constrained, due perhaps to the …-the-big-and-letting-go-the-small' privatization program in China. Our empirical results suggest that government connections play an important role in explaining … Chinese firms' financing conditions, and provide further evidence on the nature of the misallocation of credit by China …