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This 20 page paper considers the evidence that regulatory capture is present in the telecommunications industry in India. The paper has three hypothesis; he first is that the default scenario for any regulated, former monopoly, industry will be one that gravitated towards regulation capture. The second hypothesis is that regulatory capture was always more likely in India due to the environmental conditions and lower level of technological resources. The third hypothesis is that the competitive structure in India has increased the likelihood regulatory capture. The paper begins with a definition of regulatory capture and how it will be measured before looking at the market and applying theory to that market. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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20 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEindtel.rtf
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with many areas, such as India, seeing the company develop as a monopoly with the support, or owned by the state. This was necessary due to the long term in
vestment required to build a suitable infrastructure on which the business could be based without the need for primary stakeholders to be shareholders and profit to be a secondary concern.
Profit was put below the need for the development of the medium and the advantages that the infrastructure would bring both socially and economically. In effect the development was an
investment in long term economy of the country. This is a common model seen in many countries. However, monopolies may also be bad for the economic climate, and as such,
the majority of markets have been liberalising and/or deregulating. The result has been mixed, many consumers in many countries have benefited from the advantages of free competition. However, the
way in which the processes have taken lace have also resulted in some manifestations which may not be those desired or targeted when deregulation took place. As the industry is
one which is necessary regulation is required, but this also appears to result in regulatory capture in some countries. The research question for this paper will therefore be if
and why the phenomenon of regulatory capture has occurred in the Indian telecommunications industry, and what it has meant for the industry, how it manifests and why it manifests. The
emphasis will need to focus on why and how it has occurred. Comparison with other countries may be beneficial. If the student wishes to include and expand this there
is also latitude to consider other regulated industries in India. In undertaking this research there are several hypotheses formed. The first is that the default scenario for any
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