We study a model of financial intermediation, payment choice, and privacy in the digital economy. Cash preserves anonymity but cannot be used for more efficient online transactions. By contrast, bank deposits can be used online but do not preserve anonymity. Banks use the information contained...

The global rise in energy consumption makes managing energy demands a priority. Here, the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in controlling energy consumption is still debated. Within this context, the main objective of the current study is to measure the impact of ICT,...

The objectives of this study were to 1) investigate the problems surrounding the use of information technology in education at Thailand National Sports University Chon Buri Campus and 2) determine the university's information technology needs. The quantitative method was used to investigate the...

The past decade has witnessed the creation of a new international tax regime (ITR). The original ITR was created a century ago by the League of Nations. Until the 1980s, it functioned reasonably well, and prevented most instances of double taxation and double non-taxation by allocating...

Business innovation is regarded as an important driver of productivity growth. In this paper, it is investigated that R&D and ICT investment at the firm level in an effort to assess their relative importance for innovation. Explicitly, it is used a refined version of the CDM model that includes...

Digital financial services (DFSs) may lower certain costs of accessing finance, but they bring new costs, including difficulties accessing mobile networks. Using the Demographic and Health Surveys and several geocoded databases in Nepal, the Philippines, Senegal and Tanzania, this paper studies...

We study the effect of information on technology adoption and productivity in agriculture. Our empirical strategy exploits the expansion of the mobile phone network in previously uncovered areas of rural India coupled with the availability of call centers for agricultural advice. We measure...

Distribution networks entrusted to run welfare programs can have enduring leakages due to expensive monitoring of agents at several echelons. This paper features a technological innovation harnessing low-cost computing that can help to curb leakages and reduce inefficiencies in such complex...