Learning to surf: Spillovers in the adoption of the Internet

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1474-1483

  Ward, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

COUNTY LEVEL; DATA SETS; GENERAL SUPPORTS; HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; INTERNET USAGE; INTERNET USE; LEARNING; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SPILLOVER SOURCE; SPILLOVERS; UNBIASED ESTIMATES; UNOBSERVABLE; US HOUSEHOLDS;

ESTIMATION;

INTERNET;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866038853     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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