Notwithstanding the undeniable success of telecoms liberalization in terms of price reduction, new services and technologies as well as consumer satisfaction, EU telecoms policy is at least a half failure. This might seem hard to believe, but this Policy Brief shows that there is no such thing...

Notwithstanding the undeniable success of telecoms liberalization in terms of price reduction, new services and technologies as well as consumer satisfaction, EU telecoms policy is at least a half failure. This might seem hard to believe, but we show in this paper that there is no such thing as...

This volume has 18 papers on the theoretical and practical aspects of privatization and deregulation in the sectors of public utilities, telecommunications and public transport, and on the implications of these policies for the capital market and industrial relations.

After 10 years of experience with the euro, few would dispute that the euro and the euro area fared much better than many observers expected (see e.g European Commission, 2008, for a very detailed account and analysis). However, this does not mean that some policy concerns have not lingered on....