Financial development, ICT diffusion and economic growth: Lessons from MENA region

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 252-261

  Sassi, Seifallah ^a,b   Goaied, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Financial development; ICT; Mena countries; Panel data

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ICT; MENA COUNTRIES; PANEL DATA;

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84875166401     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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