Telecommunications and Growth | The Effect of Telecommunications Infrastructure on Economic Growth, 1980-2000

Phillip Stephenson

ISBN 10: 3639061411 / ISBN 13: 9783639061413

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2013

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Telecommunications and Growth | The Effect of Telecommunications Infrastructure on Economic Growth, 1980-2000 | Phillip Stephenson | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2013 | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639061413 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, Bahnhofstr. 28, 66111 Saarbrücken, info[at]akademikerverlag[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Telecommunications and Growth | The Effect of Telecommunications Infrastructure on Economic Growth, 1980-2000
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639061411
• ISBN 13: 9783639061413
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 118 grams
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Synopsis

Telecommunications infrastructure is recognized as a catalyst for economic growth. The literature has identified how infrastructure con-tributes to growth, ways that telecommunications specifically contri-butes, and empirically confirmed a significant, positive bi-directional relationship between telecommunications infrastructure and growth. More recently, the technological innovations in telecommunications in the 90s have sparked a debate about whether these technologies have created a "digital divide." This work reviews this underlying theory and the debates surrounding this subject. Data for this analysis include 79 countries for the years 1981-2000. The model is regressed using ordinary least squares, a panel-data method, and finally it is in-strumented to attempt to control for endogeneity. The instruments utilized in this investigation prove to be ineffective. The results of the empirical work confirm that there is a strong relationship between telecommunications and growth; that the technological revolution of the 1990s dramatically strengthened this relationship; and that these benefits are biased towards more developed countries, confirming the existence of a digital divide.