Differences in digitalization levels: A multivariate analysis studying the global digital divide

Review of World Economics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-73

  Billon, Margarita ^a   Lera Lopez, Fernando ^b   Marco, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Digital divide; Digitalization; Economic development; ICT; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949278260     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-009-0045-y     Document Type: Article

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