Facets of the digital divide in Europe: Determination and extent of internet use

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-246

  Demoussis, Michael ^a   Giannakopoulos, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Internet use; Non linear decomposition; North South Europe; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549038928     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500216016     Document Type: Article

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