In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic production function is the analytical starting point...

Der Sektor der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie, der binnen einer Dekade seinen Anteil an der Wertschöpfung in Deutschland verdoppelt hat, ist ein wichtiger Impulsgeber für Innovations- und Wachstumsprozesse. Die in Deutschland beobachtbare Wachstumsverlangsamung stellt kein...

The dynamics of the digital economy in the US, Europe and Japan are rather different. Some EU countries come close to the USA as the leading OECD country in the new economy, but Japan faces particular problems in catching-up digitally. Information and communication technology will affect...