This book studies policymaking in the Latin American electricity and
telecommunication sectors. Murillo's analysis of the Latin American
electricity and telecommunications sectors shows that different
degrees of electoral competition and the partisan composition of the
government were crucial in resolving policymakers' tension between the
interests of voters and the economic incentives generated by
international financial markets and private corporations in the
context of capital scarcity. Electoral competition by credible
challengers dissuaded politicians from adopting policies deemed
necessary to attract capital inflows. When electoral competition was
low, financial pressures prevailed, but the partisan orientation of
reformers shaped the regulatory design of market-friendly reforms. In
the post-reform period, moreover, electoral competition and
policymakers' partisanship shaped regulatory redistribution between
residential consumers, large users, and privatized providers.
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ISBN
9780511699429
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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