liberalization process that has permeated the hemisphere. This study examines the determinants of telephone lines per capita, using … telecommunications investment. The economic variables have the expected impacts. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita affects … investment in a positive way: telecommunications services are income-elastic. Openness (exports plus imports as a percentage of …

The structure, conduct, and performance of Chinese telecommunications are analyzed to determine whether reform has … fragmented policy environment of the Chinese institutional framework makes large-scale reform difficult. Further deregulation of …

Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (“BLS”) data on industry employment, I quantify the effect on telecommunications … jobs of the Obama Administration's regulatory revival in telecommunications using the difference-in-differences (“DiD …”) estimator. I find that over the period 2010-2016, the telecommunications sector lost approximately 100,000 jobs per year …

Mexico's recent Telecommunications Reform. Specifically, the Reform (a) aims to introduce regulation to boost competition … of bridging the access gap. It thus represents the most significant shake-up of the telecommunications industry in the … last 20 years, ever since the privatization of public telecommunications firm Telmex (1990) and the introduction of the …

In a dynamic environment such as the telecommunications industry, it becomes increasingly difficult to consistently … changes to the regulatory process for the Canadian telecommunications industry have incorporated all four of these elements … technological innovation and increasing competitiveness of the telecommunications industry …

Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural … also included market liberalization, structural changes like unbundling, and the introduction of new laws and regulations … an extensive survey of telecommunications and electricity regulators in developing countries. The authors describe the …