Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization

In World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, telecommunications is always a sector that receives close scrutiny by the WTO Working Party, and the extent of market access and nondiscriminatory treatment of multinational telecommunications companies in Russia has been a significant issue...

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Main Authors:	Jensen, Jesper, Rutherford, Thomas, Tarr, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE BANKS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CITIES COAL CONSTANT MARGINAL COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FORESTRY GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOINT VENTURES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET POWER METALS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NEGOTIATIONS OIL OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT POLICY RESEARCH PRICES PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUOTA RENTS RATE OF RETURN REAL INCOME REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENT SEEKING RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECURITIES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SUPPLIERS TARIFF BARRIERS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONE SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORTATION VALUE ADDED VARIABLE COSTS WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5604300/telecommunications-reform-within-russias-accession-world-trade-organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8888

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spelling	okr-10986-88882021-04-23T14:02:42Z Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization Jensen, Jesper Rutherford, Thomas Tarr, David AGRICULTURE BANKS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CITIES COAL CONSTANT MARGINAL COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FORESTRY GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOINT VENTURES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET POWER METALS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NEGOTIATIONS OIL OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT POLICY RESEARCH PRICES PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUOTA RENTS RATE OF RETURN REAL INCOME REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENT SEEKING RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECURITIES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SUPPLIERS TARIFF BARRIERS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONE SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORTATION VALUE ADDED VARIABLE COSTS WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO In World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, telecommunications is always a sector that receives close scrutiny by the WTO Working Party, and the extent of market access and nondiscriminatory treatment of multinational telecommunications companies in Russia has been a significant issue in Russia s accession negotiations. The authors use a computable general equilibrium model of the Russian economy to assess the role of telecommunications in the discussions regarding Russian accession to the WTO. The results show that reduction of barriers to foreign direct investment in telecommunications will bring substantial gains to the Russian economy, including an increase in the productivity of Russian labor and capital. Despite the fact that multinationals use Russian labor less intensively than Russian firms, demand for Russian labor employed in telecommunications should increase, following reductions in barriers to foreign direct investment that are included in the context of WTO accession. This is because the overall demand for telecommunication services should increase due to the growth effects of the liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment generally and the reduction in tariffs. Russian capital owners in telecommunications will likely be sought as joint venture partners and can restructure and obtain gains as partners with foreign firms. Wholly owned Russian firms are likely to experience losses. 2012-06-22T21:19:40Z 2012-06-22T21:19:40Z 2005-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5604300/telecommunications-reform-within-russias-accession-world-trade-organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8888 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3501 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic	AGRICULTURE BANKS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CITIES COAL CONSTANT MARGINAL COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FORESTRY GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOINT VENTURES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET POWER METALS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NEGOTIATIONS OIL OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT POLICY RESEARCH PRICES PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUOTA RENTS RATE OF RETURN REAL INCOME REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENT SEEKING RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECURITIES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SUPPLIERS TARIFF BARRIERS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONE SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORTATION VALUE ADDED VARIABLE COSTS WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURE BANKS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CITIES COAL CONSTANT MARGINAL COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTROLLED ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FORESTRY GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOINT VENTURES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET POWER METALS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NEGOTIATIONS OIL OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT POLICY RESEARCH PRICES PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUOTA RENTS RATE OF RETURN REAL INCOME REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENT SEEKING RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECURITIES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SUPPLIERS TARIFF BARRIERS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONE SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORTATION VALUE ADDED VARIABLE COSTS WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Jensen, Jesper Rutherford, Thomas Tarr, David Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
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description	In World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, telecommunications is always a sector that receives close scrutiny by the WTO Working Party, and the extent of market access and nondiscriminatory treatment of multinational telecommunications companies in Russia has been a significant issue in Russia s accession negotiations. The authors use a computable general equilibrium model of the Russian economy to assess the role of telecommunications in the discussions regarding Russian accession to the WTO. The results show that reduction of barriers to foreign direct investment in telecommunications will bring substantial gains to the Russian economy, including an increase in the productivity of Russian labor and capital. Despite the fact that multinationals use Russian labor less intensively than Russian firms, demand for Russian labor employed in telecommunications should increase, following reductions in barriers to foreign direct investment that are included in the context of WTO accession. This is because the overall demand for telecommunication services should increase due to the growth effects of the liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment generally and the reduction in tariffs. Russian capital owners in telecommunications will likely be sought as joint venture partners and can restructure and obtain gains as partners with foreign firms. Wholly owned Russian firms are likely to experience losses.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Jensen, Jesper Rutherford, Thomas Tarr, David
author_facet	Jensen, Jesper Rutherford, Thomas Tarr, David
author_sort	Jensen, Jesper
title	Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_short	Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_full	Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_fullStr	Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_full_unstemmed	Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_sort	telecommunications reform within russia’s accession to the world trade organization
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5604300/telecommunications-reform-within-russias-accession-world-trade-organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8888
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Telecommunications Reform within Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization

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