Multi-level regulation in the telecommunications sector : adaptive regulatory arrangements in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland

Through a comparison of the telecommunications sectors in four small EU-countries, an outstanding cast of contributors explore how regulatory authorities at international, EU-, national and regional level within and between sectors coordinate their regulatory decisions in order to provide coherent regulation of markets. Cover 1 Half-Title -1 Title -1 Copyright -1 Contents -1 List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -1 Acknowledgements -1 Notes on Contributors -1 List of Abbreviations -1 1 Aim, Central Claims and Structure of the Book -1 2 Assessing the Regulatory Arrangements: Concepts, Theories and Methods -1 3 Regulation of Telecommunications in Belgium: Organizational Complexity and Regulatory Effectiveness -1 4 Informal Relationships and De Facto Independence of the Regulator in the Irish Telecommunications Regulatory Arrangement -1 5 To Merge or Not to Merge: The Institutional Re-Design of Telecommunications Regulation in the Netherlands -1 6 Regulation of the Telecommunications in Switzerland: A Network Approach to Assess the Regulatory Agencies’ Independence -1 7 Autonomy and Decision-Making Power of Independent Regulatory Agencies in Multi-Level Arrangements -1 8 Evolutionary Multi-Level Regulatory Arrangements: The Impacts of the Resolution of Incoherencies -1 Appendix A: Social Network Analysis Calculations for Switzerland -1 Appendix B: Autonomy of Sector Regulators in the Four Countries -1 Appendix C: Standard Calculation of the Procedural Coordination Indices for the Four Countries -1 Appendix D: Extended Calculation of the Procedural Coordination Indices for the Four Countries -1 References -1 Index -1 Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Aim, Central Claims and Structure of the Book....Pages 1-11 Assessing the Regulatory Arrangements: Concepts, Theories and Methods....Pages 12-44 Regulation of Telecommunications in Belgium: Organizational Complexity and Regulatory Effectiveness....Pages 45-77 Informal Relationships and De Facto Independence of the Regulator in the Irish Telecommunications Regulatory Arrangement....Pages 78-107 To Merge or Not to Merge: The Institutional Re-Design of Telecommunications Regulation in the Netherlands....Pages 108-136 Regulation of the Telecommunications in Switzerland: A Network Approach to Assess the Regulatory Agencies’ Independence....Pages 137-161 Autonomy and Decision-Making Power of Independent Regulatory Agencies in Multi-Level Arrangements....Pages 162-202 Evolutionary Multi-Level Regulatory Arrangements: The Impacts of the Resolution of Incoherencies....Pages 203-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-299