Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We …Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density …

This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both … households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and … benefits on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several pictures of the Internet's physical presence using some of the …

panel data to estimate the textbook 'expectations augmented' Phillips curve with a market-based and observable measure of …

panel data settings. The "synthetic control" is a weighted average of control units that balances the treated unit's pre …

Linear panel models, and the "event-study plots" that often accompany them, are popular tools for learning about policy …

Linear panel models featuring unit and time fixed effects appear in many areas of empirical economics. An active …

This note presents a simple, linear test for individual effects in dynamic models using panel data; building upon the … techniques of Holtz-Eakin, Newey, and Rosen (HNR) [198S] for estimating vector autoregressions using panel data. While … moment conditions implied by the presence of individual effects and is particularly suited for dynamic models using panel …