This paper explores the effects of privatization, competition, and regulation on telecommunications performance in 30 African and Latin American countries from 1984 through 1997.
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Applying conventional horizontal merger enforcement rules to nonprofit hospitals is controversial.
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Empirical work on learning-by-doing has largely been limited to examinations of production costs.
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