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HERNANDEZ ARROYO, Federico. The Independence of Regulatory Agencies in Mexico: The Case of the Energy and Telecommunications Sectors. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2007, vol.16, n.1, pp.61-100. ISSN 1405-1079.

This article addresses the issue of the independence of regulatory agencies based on the experience in the energy and telecommunications sectors in Mexico. To this effect, it is proposed a measurement of the independence of the energy and telecommunications regulatory agencies from a formal standpoint and from a dynamic perspective, and subsequently the results are analyzed.

Palavras-chave : regulatory agency; principal-agent; institutional design; energy; telecommunications.