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Vliv mobilní telefonie na ekonomický růst
Impact of Mobile Communications on Economic Growth

Author(s): Jakub Čihák
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Keywords: telecommunications; economic growth; technological change; regulation

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I empirically examine the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth. I use data for developing and developed countries for 2000–2016. My conclusion is that mobile penetration has a positive and significant impact on economic growth, where a onepercent increase in mobile penetration results in an increase in economic growth of 1.0–2.6 percent. Regulatory institutions have a positive and significant impact on penetration in developing countries; in developed countries, the impact of regulatory institutions is positive but not significant.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 291-315
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Czech