Regulation and internet use in developing countries

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 501-523

  Wallsten, Scott ^a  

^a AEI Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 14644411051     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425376     Document Type: Article

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