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Las leyes sectoriales y el Sistema de Regulación Sectorial en Bolivia
[Sectoral laws and the Sectoral Regulation System in Bolivia]

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  • Barja Daza, Gover

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(English) This paper provides a comprehensive technical and structural analysis of the Sectoral Regulation System (SIRESE) and its regulatory contracts in Bolivia during the second wave of market-oriented reforms. It examines the transitional framework that replaced state-owned infrastructure with private provision, capital injection, and regulatory oversight across five key sectors: electricity, hydrocarbons, telecommunications, transport, and water sanitation. Using an industrial organization and principal-agent framework, the author details the fundamental mechanisms designed to simulate competitive market behavior, handle information asymmetries, and manage regulatory risk. The analysis evaluates core structural innovations introduced by the SIRESE Law, including vertical unbundling, anti-monopoly protections, dispute settlement paths, consumer complaint offices (ODECO), and independent performance auditing. Finally, the text highlights the institutional challenges, lack of sectoral legislation in specific fields, and political interference that constrained the system's consolidation. Resumen (Español) Este documento desarrolla un análisis técnico y estructural profundo del Sistema de Regulación Sectorial (SIRESE) y de sus contratos regulatorios en Bolivia durante la segunda ola de reformas de mercado. El estudio examina el marco institucional de transición que sustituyó la provisión estatal de infraestructura básica por un modelo de provisión privada, inyección de capital y supervisión regulatoria en cinco sectores estratégicos: electricidad, hidrocarburos, telecomunicaciones, transporte y saneamiento básico. Utilizando un marco analítico basado en la organización industrial y el problema agente-principal, el autor detalla los mecanismos fundamentales diseñados para simular el comportamiento de mercados competitivos, gestionar las asimetrías de información y mitigar el riesgo regulatorio. El análisis evalúa las principales innovaciones procedimentales introducidas por la Ley del SIRESE, incluyendo la separación vertical de industrias, las disposiciones antimonopólicas, las vías de resolución de controversias, las Oficinas del Consumidor (ODECO) y la fiscalización o auditoría independiente de la gestión reguladora. Finalmente, el texto expone los desafíos institucionales, la ausencia de legislación sectorial en campos específicos y las interferencias políticas que limitaron la consolidación definitiva del sistema.

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  • Barja Daza, Gover, 2000. "Las leyes sectoriales y el Sistema de Regulación Sectorial en Bolivia [Sectoral laws and the Sectoral Regulation System in Bolivia]," MPRA Paper 130716, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:130716
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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