Does ICT investment widen the growth gap?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 422-431

  Seo, Hwan Joo ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^b   Oh, Jeong Hun ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cumulative growth model; Growth gap; ICT

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CUMULATIVE GROWTH MODEL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE; GROWTH GAP; ICT; ICT INVESTMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; PATENT RIGHTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ECONOMICS; REINFORCEMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 67349203130     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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