This study investigates the effects of digital finance technology, i.e., mobile phones and internet usage on financial stability of the banking sector in developing market economies. We used data from 2000 to 2020 from 55 selected developing economies to examine the link between digital finance...

The importance of Internet for the travel and tourism industry has increased rapidly over the last few years. Understanding how travellers behave is of critical importance to travel suppliers and tourism authorities for formulating appropriate marketing strategies so as to fully exploit the...

In this paper, we analyze the Internet adoption/usage decisions. To this end, we estimate a sample selection model. In the first stage, we analyze whether the individuals have adopted the Internet; in the second stage, we analyze the Internet usage diversity given adoption. We show that low...

With the generalised use of information technologies (IT), students gather and use information from the World Wide Web and use it to complete their schoolwork and other related tasks. However, there are no indications that any of the obtained information is actually being critically thought...

The enormous spread of the internet in the last 20 years has been having various economic consequences. In this paper I ask whether the spread of the internet aided or abetted the shadow economy. To this end, using a panel data of 152 countries over 9 years from 1999 to 2007, I examine the...

The development of the Internet and its progress continues in Latin America and the Caribbean.However, despite these advances, problems related to the quality and equality of Internet access remain pending.Likewise, differences persist in Internet access between rural and urban areas, and...