telecommunications sector and the Turk Telekom case, in particular, assessing the prospects for its much-debated divestiture, evaluating … international markets, and compares telecommunications privatizations of various nations. Additionally, the study reviews major …

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 …

discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …

discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the non-competitive segments of these industries … society; and iv) the design of regulatory mechanisms and institutions that encourage best practice regulation …

Successful network utility privatisation requires incentive-based regulation that allows investment to be adequately …

in El Salvador. Antitrust legislation, consumer protection and an adequate regulation of privatized utilities are central …