Political institutions and the development of telecommunications
By: by Veneta Andonova, Luis Diaz-Serrano.
Contributors: Diaz-Serrano, Luis.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2569; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2569
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Telecommunication.; Institutional economics.
Description: "It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality of countries' political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of institutions for technologies rather than for industries, we reveal important growth opportunities for developing countries and offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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