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Debate. La OCDE sobre telecomunicaciones en México

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  • ten Kate Sr., Adriaan.

    (Economista independiente, consultor externo de Telmex)

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Early 2012 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a Review on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Mexico, which was heavily criticized by consultants of Mexico’s incumbent telephone companies. The OECD answered the objections only formally, arguing that the study was performed according to established procedures and that it had been approved by all its member states. Last year EL TRIMESTRE ECONÓMICO dedicated a special issue to the unresolved controversy. Apart from publishing translations of two articles criticizing the Review, a few selected authors shed their light on the subject matter. The purpose of this paper is to show that the articles of EL TRIMESTRE complicate matters unnecessarily and that the quantitative results of the Review are simply erroneous and inconsistent. To see that there is no need for sophisticated econometric exercises; just a revision of the figures, some rigor of analysis and a skeptical look at a partial-equilibrium graph are sufficient to make clear that the findings of the OECD are out of touch with reality.// A principios de 2012 la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) publicó un estudio sobre las políticas y la regulación de las telecomunicaciones en México, estudio que fue severamente criticado por diversos consultores de América Móvil. La OCDE no respondió las objeciones, solamente señaló que su estudio se había realizado de acuerdo con los procedimientos usuales y que había sido aprobado por sus Estados miembro. El año pasado, EL TRIMESTRE ECONÓMICO dedicó un número especial a la controversia pendiente. Aparte de publicar traducciones de dos artículos de los consultores de América Móvil EL TRIMESTRE invitó a algunos expertos académicos a expresarse sobre el tema. El propósito de este artículo es demostrar que los autores invitados complicaron la materia innecesariamente y que los hallazgos del estudio de la OCDE son simplemente erróneos e inconsistentes. Para verlo no se requieren ejercicios econométricos sofisticados; una simple revisión de las cifras, algo de rigor analítico y una mirada escéptica a una gráfica de equilibrio parcial son suficientes para llegar a la conclusión de que los resultados de la OCDE están fuera de la realidad.

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  • ten Kate Sr., Adriaan., 2014. "Debate. La OCDE sobre telecomunicaciones en México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(324), pages .1016-1041, octubre-d.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:81:y:2014:i:324:p:1016-1041
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v81i324.137
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    Keywords

    telecomunicaciones; México; OCDE; precios; paridad de poder adquisitivo;
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    JEL classification:

    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General

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