Political institutions and the development of telecomunications

  1. Andonova Zuleta, Veneta
  2. Díaz Serrano, Luis
Revue:
Documentos de trabajo ( XREAP )

Année de publication: 2006

Número: 10

Type: Working Paper

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Résumé

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.

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