Paradoxical impact of asymmetric regulation in Taiwan's telecommunications industry: Restriction and rent seeking

• Main Authors: CHOU, Yuntsai, LIU, Kung-chung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: regulatory asymmetry;revenue-sharing constraint;contractarian approach;regulatory costs;rent seeking; Communications Law; Communication Technology and New Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3117; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5075/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0308596106000206_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The mobile penetration rate in Taiwan has climbed from 6.86 to 112.15. Mobile phone accounts per 100 capita in the first 6 years of market competition, during this time the state-owned incumbent Chunghua Telecom has been dethroned by a new entrant, Taiwan Cellular Corp. This paper addresses the caus...