Benchmarking telecoms regulation the Telecommunications Regulatory Governance Index (TRGI)

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-468

  Waverman, Leonard ^a   Koutroumpis, Pantelis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Country wide governance; Telecoms regulation

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY-WIDE GOVERNANCE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIONS; MIDDLE EAST; TELECOMS REGULATION;

BENCHMARKING; TRANSPARENCY;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 79953868919     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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