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Ownership, Competition And Productivity Growth: The Impact Of Liberalisation And Privatisation Upon British Telecom

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Widespread public concern greeted the performance of British Telecom after liberalisation and privatisation, respectively under Acts of 1981 and 1984. This paper presents two methods of examining whether this dissatisfaction is warranted by comparison with what might have been expected from the earlier industry organisation. Both a total factor productivity approach and a small econometric model show that the regime change made little difference to efficiency growth

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  • Foreman-Peck, James, 1989. "Ownership, Competition And Productivity Growth: The Impact Of Liberalisation And Privatisation Upon British Telecom," Economic Research Papers 268372, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uwarer:268372
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.268372
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