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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, J., 1989. "Ownership, Competition And Productivity Growth: The Impact Of Liberalisation And Privatisation Upon British Telecom," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 338, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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    1. A.R. Kemal, 1996. "Why Regulate a Privatised Firm?," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 35(4), pages 649-656.

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