Telecommunications and economic development – The 21st century: Making the evidence stronger

Gómez-Barroso, José Luis; Marbán-Flores, Raquel

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2019.101905

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“…Econometric studies have demonstrated the positive economic effects of ICT at the national level (Bertschek et al, 2015; Gómez‐Barroso & Marbán‐Flores, 2020), even though many effects of emerging digital technologies are not yet evident (Brynjolfsson, Rock, & Syverson, 2019). Such studies often measure the impact of the availability or use of Internet infrastructure on variables such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, productivity growth, average income, or employment rates.…”

Section: Spatial Economic Implications Of Digitization: the Current Smentioning

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“…The first research opportunity in this area comprises econometric studies on macroeconomic variables such as growth in GDP, productivity, and income to assess the impact of digitization on regional economic development and inter‐regional inequality. In contrast to the national level (Vu et al, 2020), evidence at the regional level is sparse (see the overview in Gómez‐Barroso & Marbán‐Flores, 2020). Such studies should address modern digital technologies, because their effects may differ from those of less advanced technologies.…”

Section: Research Agenda: Toward a Better Understanding Of Digitizatimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vu et al (2020) has proposed conducting natural experiments to assess the effects of such emerging technologies. Gómez‐Barroso and Marbán‐Flores (2020) highlight the improvement in data quality in recent years and the need for sharing data in the future to facilitate new research at the regional level. Improved data could also allow for more appropriate econometric methods like Growth Accounting Analyses (Vu et al, 2020).…”

Section: Research Agenda: Toward a Better Understanding Of Digitizatimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

Haefner

Sternberg

2020

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Digitization is an influential megatrend that is quickly and comprehensively transforming economic spaces worldwide. Its disruptive power has not yet been fully developed but, despite a lack of topical empirical or theoretical research, it nevertheless seems clear that it will significantly affect the economic order within and between economic spaces and places. Currently, digitization is high on the policy agenda in many countries. Several related programs and initiatives combine expansion and improvement of digital infrastructure with efforts to reduce spatial economic inequality and to facilitate a general catch‐up process for lagging (often rural) regions. However, the idea that digitization can reduce spatial inequality remains highly controversial. This study aims to focus on the economic geography implications of digitization and to enrich the existing literature in two ways. First, the study overviews the state of research on the spatial consequences of digitization. Deploying a comprehensive literature review, this section discusses the primary theoretical and empirical results from two contradictory narratives on the ability of digitization to reinforce the death of distance and thus reduce spatial inequality. Second, we develop a research agenda concerning select fields of research that could appropriately be addressed in the future by economic geographers. These fields include spatial economic digitization effects, digital competencies, entrepreneurial activities, and innovation activities in both urban and rural regions. Closing the research gaps would contribute to the development of much‐needed policy measures.

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Section: Spatial Economic Implications Of Digitization: the Current Smentioning

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Section: Research Agenda: Toward a Better Understanding Of Digitizatimentioning

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Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

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Sternberg

2020

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“…The recent contribution from the underlying area of research shows that the relationship between internet access and growth is nonlinear, as documented in the literature (Ghosh, 2016;Qureshi & Najjar, 2017). While the nonlinear transformation of internet access on economic growth has been documented to occur from blurred and old technologies (Gómez-Barroso & Marbán-Flores, 2020b), the topic is still open to debate especially as it pertains to exploring other factors that interact with the internet to influence economic growth. Building on the underlying insight, this article attempts to investigate the nonlinearity of the relationship between internet access and economic growth by exploring the interactions between internet access vs. investment financing, internet access vs. trade, internet access vs.…”

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“…The justifications of this article stalk on the question; what is the internet-threshold for economic growth in SSA countries? Although, in terms of response the perspective that internet access has an impact on economic growth in advanced countries may be a settled matter, for developing countries and sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, it is still a direction for further research (Gómez-Barroso & Marbán-Flores, 2020b) not least because of the yet high potential for its penetration in the sub-region (Tchamyou et al, 2019). As for advanced and emerging market economies, future study considerations would have been a focus on smart technologies such as fintech, Internet of a Thing (IoT), and 5G network (see Vu & Asongu, 2020).…”

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The Asymmetric Effect of Internet Access on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insight from a Dynamic Panel Threshold Regression

Asongu

Abdullahi²

2021

SSRN Journal

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This article investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access (index of the internet) on economic growth in 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2008-2018. The estimation procedure is obtained following a dynamic panel threshold regression technique via 1000 bootstrap replications and the 400 grids search developed by Hansen (1996Hansen ( , 1999Hansen ( , 2000. The investigation first explores the presence of inflection points in the relationship between internet access and economic growth through the application of Hansen's threshold models. The finding from the nonlinearity threshold model revealed a significant internet threshold-effect of 3.55 percent for growth. The article also examines the linear short-run effect of internet access on economic growth while controlling for the effects of private sector credit, trade openness, government regulation, and tariff regimes. The marginal effect of internet access is evaluated at the minimum, and the maximum levels of government regulation and tariffs regime are positive. On the other hand, the minimum and maximum levels of private sector credit and trade openness are negative via the interaction terms. The article advances the literature by its nonlinear transformation of the relevance of internet access on economic growth by exploring interactive mechanisms of: internet access versus financial resource, internet access versus trade, internet access versus government regulation, and internet access versus the tariff regimes from end-user subscriptions. In policy terms, the statistical significance of the joint impact of government regulations and tariff regimes is relevant in the operation of the telecommunication industry in SSA countries.

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Nexus between telecommunication infrastructures, defence and economic growth: a global evidence

Saba

Ngepah

2022

Netnomics

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Telecommunications and economic development – The 21st century: Making the evidence stronger

Cited by 23 publications

References 74 publications

Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

The Asymmetric Effect of Internet Access on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insight from a Dynamic Panel Threshold Regression

Nexus between telecommunication infrastructures, defence and economic growth: a global evidence

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