The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper … Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of users. Designing policies that protect society while allowing for … Internet’s great economic potential to be fulfilled, is a difficult task. This paper investigates this challenge and takes …

E-commerce -- an application of the Internet -- has expanded exponentially over the past 5 years and is widely expected … d’Internet -- s’est développé d’une manière exponentielle au cours des cinq dernières années et cette tendance devrait …

covered include the recent growth resurgence in the United States, the potential importance of ICT and the Internet, and the … croissance aux États-Unis, l’importance potentielle des TIC et de l’Internet, et le rôle joué par la réallocation et la …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …

This paper employs cross-sectional data from 100 countries to analyze the main determinants of inter-country Internet … diffusion rates. We set up an empirical model based on strong theoretical foundations, in which we regress Internet usage on … that economic strength, infrastructure and knowledge of the English language positively affect Internet connectivity. In …