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Creation Of A Separate Telecom Regulatory Agency: A Duration Analysis Of Its Time Pattern

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  • SANG H. LEE
  • JOHN LEVENDIS

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At the center of the issues set out in the 1997 WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunication Services was the creation of separate telecom regulatory agencies. Using the Cox proportional hazards model, this study examines how a country's socioeconomic factors affect the country's incentive to reorganize its regulatory structure and create a separate telecom regulatory agency. The main empirical findings suggest that a country's incentive to institute a separate telecom regulatory body is greater when its telecom sector performance is relatively poor and its political environment is more competitive with few institutional barriers. (JEL L52, L96)

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  • Sang H. Lee & John Levendis, 2006. "Creation Of A Separate Telecom Regulatory Agency: A Duration Analysis Of Its Time Pattern," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 24(3), pages 407-417, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:24:y:2006:i:3:p:407-417
    DOI: 10.1093/cep/byj039
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    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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