STRUCTURE DE MARCHÉ, INCITATIONS À INVESTIR ET RÉGLEMENTATION DANS LE SECTEUR DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS EN AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE/STRUCTURE OF MARKET, INVESTMENT INCENTIVES AND REGULATIONS IN THE SECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

In this article, we analyze the optimal market structure in the telecommunications sector within the framework of privatization processes and of liberalization. In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, telecommunications markets were opened to new operators to introduce competition. The government c...

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Published inRevue d'économie industrielle no. 151; p. 71
Main Author Founanou, Mathurin
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Brussels Editions De Boeck Superieur 01.07.2015
Subjects
Comparative studies
Corruption
Infrastructure
Liberalization
Market entry
Privatization
Regulated industries
Social impact
Telecommunications industry
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Summary:In this article, we analyze the optimal market structure in the telecommunications sector within the framework of privatization processes and of liberalization. In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, telecommunications markets were opened to new operators to introduce competition. The government can control the entry of the new operators by auctioning the right to operate. We explore two possible outcomes of the decision to open the market in this way: monopoly and oligopoly. We highlight the effects of the regulation policies of the two contexts in the absence of and with the presence of corruption on the part of the regulator. We show that increases in social welfare depend on investment decisions, the strength of competition within a given sector, and the cost of public funds.
ISSN:0154-3229
1773-0198