Global markets and government regulation in telecommunications / Kirsten Rodine-Hardy, Northeastern University.

"This book shows the surprising ways in which globalization has led to the spread of liberal reforms in the telecommunications sector around the world"-- Provided by publisher

"In recent years, liberalization, privatization, and deregulation have become commonplace in sectors once dominated by government-owned monopolies. In telecommunications, for example, during the 1990s, more than 129 countries established independent regulatory agencies and more than 100 countries privatized the state-owned telecom operator. Why did so many countries liberalize in such a short period of time? For example, why did both Denmark and Burundi, nations different along so many relevant dimensions, liberalize their telecom sectors around the same time?"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references.

Understanding global regulatory reform in telecommunications : a paradigm shift -- Why change the rules? explaining liberal telecom reform -- When and how do countries change the rules? econometric analysis of the timing of establishing independent regulators and privatizing telecom firms -- Regulatory reform in the central Europe : freer markets, European rules -- Northern European regulatory reform : liberal reform northern-style, "regulation-lite" -- Explaining change in a globalized world : international organizations and the emergence of networks and norms.

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English.

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