The structure, conduct, and performance of Chinese telecommunications are analyzed to determine reform's impact on policy objectives. Recent performance suggests that a more comprehensive reform is needed. However, China's fragmented policy environment makes large-scale reform difficult. Further...

The role of the state changed in Latin American and Caribbean countries between 1985 and 1995 as eight regulatory commissions were created (for the 19 countries in our regional sample). This institutional innovation was part of the liberalization process that has permeated the hemisphere. This...

The authors describe a methodology designed to evaluate the impact of deregulation on point-to-point demand in the USA. They briefly review the rationale for regulation and the likely impacts of deregulation. After summarizing previous approaches to the demand for long-distance calls, they...

Utility subsidies are often defended as promoting universal service. However, specific support formulas may be poorly targeted and/or designed. The U.S. high-cost loop support (HCLS) program (formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF)), has been a key component of the FCC's USF...

Telephone service quality is an important but understudied aspect of industry performance in response to industry performance in response to new technological opportunities and a new regulatory environment, we must be able to measure quality over time (and across firms), evaluate the many...

This article outlines the economic principles necessary for understanding the issues of cross-subsidization and price predation using a series of straw men, or myths, involving regulatory costing and pricing. It is shown that to ensure that a firm is not cross-subsidizing it is sufficient that...