Economic growth, telecommunications development and productivity growth of the telecommunications sector: Evidence around the world

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-199

  Lam, Pun Lee ^a   Shiu, Alice ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Telecommunications; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; MIDDLE INCOMES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950338098     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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