An Assessment of Telecommunications Regulation Performance in the European Union

Antonio Afonso and Carla Scaglioni

No 2006/07, Working Papers Department of Economics from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa

Abstract: We assess the performance of National Regulatory Authorities across 16 EU countries regarding economic regulation in telecommunications sector, by constructing a so-called Composite Regulatory Performance Indicator for regulatory aspects such as effectiveness of the national regulatory system, effectiveness of the dispute settlement body, general market access conditions and application of remedies in markets for narrowband voice, mobile, broadband and business services. This composite indicator is the output measure used in the DEA non-parametric approach. The computation of efficiency scores allows to rank the NRAs and to detect some room for improvement in terms of efficiency gains for each national authority.

Keywords: technical efficiency; DEA; telecommunications; regulated industries; National Regulatory Authorities; European Union. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 L51 L96 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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