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experiments were important for value creation in Internet access markets. In general, industry-wide returns from economic …
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Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …
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To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …
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important ways. This article shows that computerization and use of the Internet are associated with greater hours worked as well …, that trade unions have begun to use the Internet as a tool for servicing members and carrying their message to the public …
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Used properly, the term 'new e-conomy' is warranted. Since 1995, there has been a wave of innovation associated with both the production and use of information technology that has been translated into improved US economic performance. In particular, there has been a substantial acceleration in...
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This paper studies how information and communication technology (ICT) improvements affect trade along the value chain and international technology diffusion. We examine the impact of a revolutionary technology, the roll-out of the global telegraph network, on the 19th century cotton textile...
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A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
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networking devices and the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s magnified these challenges, as illustrated by the deployment of the … rate or return from IT spillovers from the invention of the Internet, and to a large potential undercounting of "digital …
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There is a great deal of late bidding on internet second price auctions. We show that this need not result from either …
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This study analyzes the service offerings of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the commercial suppliers of Internet … access in the United States. It presents data on the services of 2089 ISPs in the summer of 1998. By this time, the Internet … paper develops an Internet access industry product code which classifies these services. Significant heterogeneity across …
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