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The Determinants of Investment in Information and Communication Technologies. Bruges European Economic Research (BEER) Papers 16/March 2010

Guerrieri, Paolo and Luciani, Matteo and Meliciani, Valentina (2010) The Determinants of Investment in Information and Communication Technologies. Bruges European Economic Research (BEER) Papers 16/March 2010. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    In this paper we investigate the determinants of ICT investment at the macro level for a panel of ten countries over the period 1992-2005. We argue that, since ICT is a General Purpose Technology, its diffusion can be understood only considering the interaction with institutional and structural factors. The empirical results are in line with this view: facilitating factors such as changes in regulation, human capital and the sectoral composition of the economy are relevant determinants for increasing ICT investment.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Information and Communication Technologies, General Purpose Technologies, Structural change, Human capital, Regulation
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > information technology policy
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Countries > Austria
    Countries > Denmark
    Countries > Finland
    Countries > Germany
    Countries > Italy
    Countries > Netherlands
    Countries > Sweden
    Countries > Japan
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > College of Europe (Brugge) > Bruges European Economic Research Papers (BEER)
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2014 15:15
    Number of Pages: 23
    Last Modified: 18 Dec 2014 15:15
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/58592

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