Liberalizations in Network Industries Economics, Policy and Politics /

• Main Authors: Nicita, Antonio (Author), Belloc, Filippo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Political economy.; Industrial organization.; Public finance.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Political Economy.; Public Economics.

This book explores the wave of liberalization reforms experienced by OECD network industries. Focusing on the telecommunications sector, the authors analyze the latest data available on liberalization and privatization, and following a political economics approach, they integrate standard economic a...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• 1 The Liberalization of Network Industries: Meaning and Purpose
• 2 Liberalizations, Privatizations and Institutional Market Design
• 3 Liberalization, Antitrust and Pro-Consumer Policies
• 4 Liberalizations Patterns: The Case of Electronic Communications
• 5 Political Market Design in Network Industries. 6 The Way Ahead.