?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F3240%2F&rft.title=The+Determinants+and+Impact+of+Telecommunications+Reforms+in+Developing+Countries&rft.creator=Gasmi%2C+Farid&rft.creator=Recuero+Virto%2C+Laura&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=This+paper+has+two+related+objectives.+First%2C+it+seeks+to+identify+the+key%0Adeterminants+of+some+policies+that+have+been+at+the+heart+of+the+reforms+of+the+telecommunications+industry+in+developing+countries%2C+namely%2C+liberalization%2C+privatization%2C+and+the+(re)structuring+of+regulation.+Second%2C+it+attempts+to+estimate+the+extent+to+which+these+policies+have+translated+into+actual+deployment+of+telecommunications+infrastructure.+This+simultaneous+investigation+is+conducted+by+means+of+an+econometric+analysis+of+a+1985-1999+time-series-cross-sectional+database+on+86+developing+countries.+Sectoral+as+well+as+institutional+and+financial+factors+are+found+to+be+important+determinants+of+the+actual+reforms+implemented.+We+uncover+a+positive+relationship%0Abetween+the+decision+to+introduce+competition+in+the+digital+cellular+segment+and+the+growth+of+the+fixed-line+segment%2C+suggesting+that+these+two+segments+have+benefited+from+each+other.+We+also+find+that+countries+facing+increasing+institutional+risk+and+financial+constraints+are+more+likely+to+introduce+competition+in+the+digital+cellular+segment+and+to+privatize+the+fixed-line+incumbent%2C+these+policies+being+economically+attractive+to+both+investors+and+governments.+In+turn%2C+these+policies+are+those+that+enhance+the+deployment+of+fixed-line+infrastructure.+In+contrast%2C+competition+in+the+analogue+cellular+segment+and+the+creation+of+a+separate+regulator+seem+to+be+relatively+less+attractive+policies+as+they+are+found+to+be+less+likely+to+be+introduced+in+countries+facing+increasing+institutional+risk+and+budget+constraints.+Their+impact+on+fixed+network+deployment+is+found+to+be+negative+or+non+significant.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2009-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F3240%2F1%2Fwp_dev_92_2009.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gasmi%2C+Farid+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F069829721%3E+and+Recuero+Virto%2C+Laura++(2009)+The+Determinants+and+Impact+of+Telecommunications+Reforms+in+Developing+Countries.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+09-092%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F22197&rft.language=en