An Assessment of Telecommunications Regulation Performance in the European Union

Afonso, António; Scaglioni, Carla

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“…To the best of our knowledge, the only paper that deals with the NRAs productive efficiency is Afonso and Scaglioni (2006) Nonetheless, their analysis shows many limitations and shortcomings due mainly to their output measures of NRAs activity which tend to identify the extent of the regulation rather than its effectiveness. 2 Unlike Afonso and Scaglioni (2006), our aim is to relate the NRAs 1 The new EC regulatory framework was implemented on 25 July 2003. The framework provides the overall structure for the new regulatory regime and sets out the policy objectives and regulatory principles that NRAs must follow.…”

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“…The only paper that deals with NRAs productive efficiency is Afonso and Scaglioni (2006). The aim of the authors is to assess the efficiency of telecommunications NRAs across 16 European member states.…”

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“…The aim of the authors is to assess the efficiency of telecommunications NRAs across 16 European member states. For this purpose Afonso and Scaglioni (2006) build up a composite regulatory performance indicator by elaborating on two different sources, namely the Scorecard Report published by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) and the European Regulatory Institution Database (EURI) developed by the Regulation Initiative Research Group at London Business School. The main weakness of their analysis is in the choice of outputs used as measures of NRAs activity which tend to identify the extent of the regulation rather than its effectiveness [3].…”

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“…The main weakness of their analysis is in the choice of outputs used as measures of NRAs activity which tend to identify the extent of the regulation rather than its effectiveness [3]. Unlike Afonso and Scaglioni (2006), the aim of this paper is to relate NRAs activities directly to the performance of regulated markets, and therefore to measure the output of each NRA in terms of market outcomes. Output measures, must then be coupled to the amount of inputs employed in the regulatory activity in order to derive NRAs productive efficiency.…”

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On the assessment of regulators' efficiency: an application to European telecommunications

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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide a new and simple approach to the empirical assessment of the internal efficiency of national regulatory authorities (NRAs) based on outcomes on regulated markets. Moreover, in order to illustrate this approach, the authors apply the proposed methodology to telecommunications. Design/methodology/approach: First, this paper defines the production process of a NRA to identify correctly the inputs and the outputs of regulatory activity. Second, with reference to the telecommunications sector this paper provides estimates for the inputs and output identified. Third, by treating each NRA as a decision making unit (DMU) this paper carries out a data envelopment analysis (DEA) used in conjunction with a smoothed bootstrap technique. Findings: This paper provides evidences that NRAs operating in new accession countries look more efficient in pursuing dynamic efficiency goals than (more experienced) NRAs operating in other European countries, while they are less efficient when the regulatory outcomes are measured in terms of retail efficiency. Research limitations/implications: The lack of data on NRAs' personnel and budget requires a cautious discussion of the results. Practical implications: This paper enables one to get a better understanding of the effectiveness of different regulatory measures. Social implications: Once a measure of productive (internal) efficiency of a regulatory body has been obtained, it is then possible to embed this information in a more general analysis aimed at disentangling the effectiveness of regulatory measures from the ability (efficiency) of NRAs in putting them into force. Originality/value: The evaluation of regulators' productive efficiency, as well as the identification of its determinants, has been almost completely neglected in the literature. With this paper we start to fill this gap

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The healthcare is often considered one of the sectors most prone to corruption, and transparency policies have been proposed in several countries to fight bribery and corruption. Indeed, the transparency of public bodies potentially plays a relevant role in preventing misbehaviour and favouring accountability. This study contributes to a broader understanding of the role of transparency in the healthcare sector using Italy as a case study. For this purpose, we first built a composite indicator to assess the differences in transparency, performance, and integrity between Italian local health authorities (LHAs) retrieving the administrative data available on their websites. Then, we used both non-parametric method and multivariate regression to explore the relationship between the performance of different expenditure functions (total production costs, administrative costs, and medical and non-medical-related service costs) at the LHA level and the transparency index. Our results show a wide difference in transparency, performance, and integrity among LHAs that does not always follow the classic north–south divide in Italy. In addition, we find results consistent with the idea that transparency is generally associated with a better capability of LHAs in the containment of healthcare expenditure while imposing larger administrative burdens. Overall, reforms promoting transparency impose administrative costs, which policymakers should bear in mind to develop less burdensome transparency measures, as they might not be a ‘free lunch’.

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An Assessment of Telecommunications Regulation Performance in the European Union

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

On the assessment of regulators' efficiency: an application to European telecommunications

On the assessment of regulators' efficiency: an application to European telecommunications

Is Transparency a ‘Free Lunch’? Evidence from the Italian Local Health Authorities

'Measuring' Independent Regulatory Authorities: A Review

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