The risk of privatizing the telecommunications sector in Brazil

José Carlos Cavalcanti ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1994, vol. 14, issue 2, 273-281

Abstract: This paper discusses policies of privatisation towards the telecommunicationssector in Brazil. It raises some issues connected to the impact of these policies and presentssome characteristics of an econometric/computational model which can be used to analysesuch an impact. It argues that, in the light of the international experience, the adoption ofprivatisation policies, in general, is necessary but not sufficient. If detailed statistical analysesin respect to the industrial structure of the sectors involved are not properly carried out,it is likely that privatisation could not bring about expected efficiency gains. This argumentis based on the recent contributions to the theory of natural monopolies of the modemmulti product industries. JEL Classification: L33; L96.

Keywords: Privatization; telecommunications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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