This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 199 countries during 1990 …-2004. The authors group countries in two categories-low and high-income countries-and show that the Internet diffusion process … a "catching-up" process, although a very slow one. The paper explores the determinants of Internet diffusion at the …

Does the internet enable the recruitment of transnational terrorists Using geo-referenced population census data and … that internet access has facilitated the organization's recruitment of foreign fighters from Tunisia. The positive … association between internet access and Daesh recruitment is robust to controlling for a large set of observable and unobservable …

vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they …

development and Internet penetration in Latin America. Relying on data from the International Telecommunication Union, the … determinants of the differences in Internet penetration rates across Latin America. The results show that effective implementation … of the reform agenda in telecommunications regulation could accelerate adoption of the Internet in Latin America …

If the Internet made it easier for firms to enter new markets by reducing communication and search costs, then it may … also have made it easier to export goods and services. The authors find that higher Internet penetration in developing … exports from industrial countries. Interpreting the correlations is difficult because causation may run from Internet use to …