The dynamics of home computer ownership in Greece

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-86

  Demoussis, Michael ^a   Giannakopoulos, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer ownership; Greece; Panel data; State dependence

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMPUTER OWNERSHIP; GREECE; PANEL DATA; STATE DEPENDENCE;

ECONOMICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OWNERSHIP; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30944459978     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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