Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa
We examine the effect on economic growth of mobile cellular phones in sub-Saharan Africa where a marked asymmetry is present between land-line penetration and mobile telecommunications expansion. This study extends previous ones along two important dimensions. First, we allow for the potential endog...
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Telecomunicaciones
Economía
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan AfricaProducciónTelecomunicacionesEconomíaDesarrollo económicoDesarrollo económico::ÁfricaTelefonía celular::Aspectos EconómicosWe examine the effect on economic growth of mobile cellular phones in sub-Saharan Africa where a marked asymmetry is present between land-line penetration and mobile telecommunications expansion. This study extends previous ones along two important dimensions. First, we allow for the potential endogeneity between economic growth and telecommunications expansion by employing a special linear generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. Second, we explicitly model for varying degrees of substitutability between mobile cellular and land-line telephony, so that greater expansion of mobile telecommunications can have a different impact whenever the level of land-line penetration differs. We find that mobile cellular phone expansion is an important determinant of the rate of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, we find that the contribution of mobile cellular phones to economic growth has been growing in importance in the region, and that the marginal impact of mobile telecommunication services is even greater wherever land-line phones are rare. Given the low cost of mobile telecommunications technology relative to other broad infrastructure projects, especially land-line infrastructure, we advocate that mobile telecommunication services be encouraged in the area.Universidad del RosarioFacultad de Economía20092015-09-28T16:27:14Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_804220 páginasRecurso electrónicoapplication/pdfDocumentohttps://doi.org/10.48713/10336_10894 Universidad del Rosariohttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/10894instname:Universidad del Rosarioinstname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspahttps://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/005512.htmlhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Lee, Sang H.Levendis, JohnGutiérrez Ramírez, Luis Hernandooai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/108942021-06-03T00:46:36Z |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa Producción Telecomunicaciones Economía Desarrollo económico Desarrollo económico::África Telefonía celular::Aspectos Económicos |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa |
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Producción Telecomunicaciones Economía Desarrollo económico Desarrollo económico::África Telefonía celular::Aspectos Económicos |
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Producción Telecomunicaciones Economía Desarrollo económico Desarrollo económico::África Telefonía celular::Aspectos Económicos |
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We examine the effect on economic growth of mobile cellular phones in sub-Saharan Africa where a marked asymmetry is present between land-line penetration and mobile telecommunications expansion. This study extends previous ones along two important dimensions. First, we allow for the potential endogeneity between economic growth and telecommunications expansion by employing a special linear generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. Second, we explicitly model for varying degrees of substitutability between mobile cellular and land-line telephony, so that greater expansion of mobile telecommunications can have a different impact whenever the level of land-line penetration differs. We find that mobile cellular phone expansion is an important determinant of the rate of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, we find that the contribution of mobile cellular phones to economic growth has been growing in importance in the region, and that the marginal impact of mobile telecommunication services is even greater wherever land-line phones are rare. Given the low cost of mobile telecommunications technology relative to other broad infrastructure projects, especially land-line infrastructure, we advocate that mobile telecommunication services be encouraged in the area. |
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Universidad del Rosario Facultad de Economía |
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