Impact of regulatory process on Telecom Firm Performance: Evidence from Non Parametric Approach

Sami Debbichi (Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia)
Ramzi Ben Slama (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

Quantitative Economics and Management Studies
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

This paper analyzes the effects of regulation, privatization, and competition on the telecommunications performance in 40 Latin American, African, and Arab countries from 1992 through 2010. By using difference-in-Difference with control variables and propensity score matching techniques, our study reveals that regulation is positively correlated with tariffs and quality. However; competition has no effect on tariffs. This result allows us to suspect the presence of collusion between competitors.