Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/148692 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
27th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "The Evolution of the North-South Telecommunications Divide: The Role for Europe", Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7th-9th September, 2016
Publisher: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the non-linear impact of ICT network on motorway contribution to total factor productivity. Using dynamic panel data of OECD member countries, the paper finds that there exists a critical mass of broadband penetration rate which has the property that if this threshold level is reached, there will be an accelerating network effects of motorway extension.
Subjects: 
ICT convergence
productivity growth
complementarity
infrastructure development
JEL: 
O47
O38
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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