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The Impact of Structural Reforms on Telecommunications Performance

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  • Christos Agiakloglou

    (University of Piraeus)

  • Michael Polemis

    (University of Piraeus)

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The paper investigates to what extent regulation, competition and privatization affect Telecommunications performance for 30 OECD countries over the period 1975–2013. This study explores the difference between separate and joint effects among these structural reform variables, in the concept of a dynamic model, taking also into account the difference between short run and long run effects. We argue that regulation has a more aggressive effect on performance when it is combined with the other two structural reform variables in both models.

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  • Christos Agiakloglou & Michael Polemis, 2018. "The Impact of Structural Reforms on Telecommunications Performance," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 209-222, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jincot:v:18:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s10842-017-0261-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10842-017-0261-4
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