Regulação de indústrias de rede: entre flexibilidade e estabilidade Regulation of network industries: between flexibility and stability

This paper explores the problems of an unstable regulatory regime in network industries and addresses the tension between the necessary flexibility in the long-term regulatory commitment and the need for institutional stability. A draft statute that substantively changes the initial terms under whic...

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Published in:Revista de economia política 2007-06, Vol.27 (2), p.261-280
Main Authors: Alexandre Ditzel Faraco, Diogo R. Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
network industries
regulation
regulatory commitment
telecommunications
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Summary:This paper explores the problems of an unstable regulatory regime in network industries and addresses the tension between the necessary flexibility in the long-term regulatory commitment and the need for institutional stability. A draft statute that substantively changes the initial terms under which fixed telecommunications services have been transferred to private companies - currently under discussion in the Brazilian Congress - is presented as an example of that tension. Some alternative proposals to tackle with universal service challenges - the underlying problem behind the mentioned draft statute - are presented in the end.
ISSN:0101-3157
1809-4538
DOI:10.1590/S0101-31572007000200007