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An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of Administrative Sanctions of the Korea Communications Commission

  • Journal of Regulation Studies
  • 2009, 18(2), pp.193-222
  • Publisher : 한국규제학회
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

CHOI, Jin-Wook 1 구교준 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

Along with the convergence of the communications and the broadcasting industries, regulatory functions over those industries were consolidated into the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) in 2008. Under these circumstances, how to effectively regulate anticipated market failures is crucial for the KCC to promote fair competition, protect the interests of consumers, and achieve economic gains from industrial integration. Nonetheless, administrative sanctions, one of the most important and commonly used regulatory tools deployed by the former KCC, were not effective to deter market violations. This study attempts to analyze the positive as well as normative effectiveness of administrative sanctions on the one hand, and to identify the determinants of effectiveness on the other hand. The results of empirical analyses show that administrative sanctions were limited in both positive and normative effectiveness. This study suggests that the current KCC should not only improve incentive structures regarding administrative sanctions to increase positive effectiveness, but also alter the perception of the communications industry with regard to regulatory laws to enhance normative effectiveness.

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