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Telecommunications Investment and Traffic in Developing Countries: The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reforms

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In 1997 the FCC ordered sharp decreases in international settlement rates (bilaterally negotiated telecommunication rates) between the U.S. and other countries. Developing countries, which received about $35 billion in net settlement payments from U.S. carriers between 1985 and 1998, claim that payments finance telecom investment and that reduced rates, and therefore payments, will harm investment. Using a panel dataset of 179 countries from 1985-1998, I find settlement rates negatively correlated with international telecom traffic, suggesting that reduced rates will stimulate traffic. I also find no evidence that payments finance investment as measured by telephone penetration and telecommunications equipment imports. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Wallsten, Scott J, 2001. "Telecommunications Investment and Traffic in Developing Countries: The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reforms," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 307-323, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:regeco:v:20:y:2001:i:3:p:307-23
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    1. Christos Agiakloglou & Michael Polemis, 2018. "Evaluating the liberalization process on Telecommunications services for EU countries," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 7(3), pages 98-107.
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    3. Paleologos, John M. & Polemis, Michael L., 2013. "What drives investment in the telecommunications sector? Some lessons from the OECD countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 49-57.
    4. Scott Wallsten, 2003. "Of Carts and Horses: Regulation and Privatization in Telecommunications Reforms," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(4), pages 217-231.
    5. Garbacz, Christopher & Thompson, Herbert Jr., 2005. "Universal telecommunication service: A world perspective," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 495-512, October.
    6. Wallsten, Scott, 2002. "Does sequencing matter? regulation and privatization in telecommunications reforms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2817, The World Bank.
    7. Simran Kahai & Paramjit Kahai & Adrian Leigh, 2006. "Traditional and Non-Traditional Determinants of Accounting Rates in International Telecommunications," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 12(4), pages 505-522, November.

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