Political institutions and the development of telecomunications

Veneta Andonova () and Luis Diaz-Serrano ()
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Veneta Andonova: Department of Bussines, Universidad de los Andes

No CREAP2006-10, Working Papers from Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Political constraints; Telecommunications; GMM; Economic development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2006-12, Revised 2006-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ict, nep-mac and nep-pol
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Working Paper: Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications (2007)
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