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European Integration and Telecommunication Productivity Convergence

In: Governance of Communication Networks

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  • Elisa Battistoni

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Domenico Campisi

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Paolo Mancuso

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

Abstract

On May 1st, 2004 ten countries entered the European Union (EU), thus realising the greatest enlargement since its establishment. The aim of this paper is to determine whether in the period 1995–2002, the telecommunication industries of these newly entered countries have been involved in a catching-up process towards the levels reached by the countries already in the EU. To this aim, we have first studied the production function of the telecommunications industries of the EU countries under two different approaches: the stochastic frontier and the data envelopment analysis approach. Then, starting from the estimates of technical efficiencies obtained with the two methods, we have analysed and tested the presence of both σ-convergence and β-convergence processes.

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  • Elisa Battistoni & Domenico Campisi & Paolo Mancuso, 2006. "European Integration and Telecommunication Productivity Convergence," Contributions to Economics, in: Brigitte Preissl & Jürgen Müller (ed.), Governance of Communication Networks, pages 357-377, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-7908-1746-1_19
    DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1746-5_19
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