considerations. They argue that important policy goals like universal service will not be achieved by competition. However, an … my article, I describe a new concept of public-private competition, according to which governments use state owned … possible to extend public-private competition from urban to rural areas, where markets are too small to sustain more than one …

a major risk for potential investors. High entry barriers lead to weak competition. Reducing the role of the state in … the economy and WTO membership should be viewed as opportunities to strengthen competition, and hence provide incentives …

-Saharan African countries. This paper simulates the impact of the introduction of competition on the telecom sector's prices and its …

survey data from 300 Ukrainian firms. The main findings are: 1) ownership and competition are linked to managerial change: de … their own but together positively affect profitability. 3) Similarly tough competition improves profitability and … productivity in privatised firms only. 4) These findings suggest that privatisation, competition and managerial change are …