Economic growth and internet access in developing countries: The case of South America

Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of internet access on the economic growth in ten countries of South America in the period 1996-2016. For that, a panel data model was used in addition of some covariates (some of them instrumental variables). Results show the existence of a positive correlation between access to the internet and the variation of GDP (when considering instrumental variables, it is shown greater robustness in the model).

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• Data panel
• economic growth
• ict
• Internet access

Fuente:

scopus

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