Information and Communication Technology Use and Economic Growth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Farhadi, Maryam ^a   Ismail, Rahmah ^b   Fooladi, Masood ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS ESTIMATOR; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INCOME; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84869015426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048903     Document Type: Article

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