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 …

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 …

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 …

proposed by Papke and Wooldridge, 1996, 2008, in univariate cross-sectional and panel contexts. The paper discusses the …

suggest the results are not stable. We argue that repeated cross sections do not properly specify the model. Panel methods … including hedonic studies and travel cost studies could be enhanced using panel data …

In an 80-country panel since the 1960s, the convergence rate for per capita GDP is around 1.7% per year. This "beta … "iron-law" rate of 2%. In the post-1960s panel, estimation without country fixed effects supports the modernization … long-term panel with country fixed effects also supports modernization, in the sense of positive effects of per capita GDP …

studies claiming that the standard panel data approach used in much of the "new minimum wage research" is flawed because it …

panel regressions, housing credit growth is significantly affected by changes in the maximum debt-service-to-income (DSTI … DSTI ratio limit has a significant effect on housing credit growth when we use mean group and panel event study methods …