Impacts of Market Liberalization on Regulatory Network: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Swiss Telecommunications Sector

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-457

  Fischer, Manuel ^a   Ingold, Karin ^b   Sciarini, Pascal ^a   Varone, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Liberalization; Regulation; Social network analysis; Stochastic actor oriented modeling; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

LIBERALIZATION; MARKET SYSTEM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; STOCHASTICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 84864516089     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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