Asia-Pacific telecommunications liberalisation and productivity performance

Gary Madden, Scott Savage () and Jason Ng

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Abstract: This study examines the growth in total factor productivity (TFP) of 12 Asia-Pacific telecommunications carriers for the period 1987 through 1990. Carriers are chosen to represent the stages of telecommunications liberalisation identified by the International Telecommunication Union (1995a). A model relating TFP growth to output growth, changes in output mix, technology change and market competition and private ownership is estimated on a unique data set obtained from telecommunications carrier annual reports. Empirical results show competition, private ownership, technology change and scale economies improve carrier TFP growth.

Keywords: Asia-Pacific telecommunications; liberalisation and productivity performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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Published in Australian Economic Papers 42.1(2003): pp. 91-102

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