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The paper attempts to identify the telecom-sector performance indicators, relevant economic variables, and institutional characteristics of a country that effect the process of privatization of state-owned telecom enterprises. Using standard duration analysis of a panel data, we demonstrate that the privatization incentives are not only shaped by the mobility of financial capital in a country but are also influenced by the degree of competitiveness of private sector participation in policy-making process. The empirical results also reveal the significant impact of productive efficiency in telecom service provision on its course to privatization.
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Lee, S.H., Quayes, S. A duration analysis of privatization in the telecom sector. RISEC 53, 225–239 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029585
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029585