Regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector in developing countries: The role of democracy and private interests

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1307-1324

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Qiang, Christine Zhen Wei ^c   Xu, Lixin Colin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business   (China)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Democracy; Developing countries; Political structure; Regulation; Special interest groups; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; REGULATORY APPROACH; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 22144450334     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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