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Telecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africa

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dc.creatorLee, Sang H.
dc.creatorLevendis, John
dc.creatorGutiérrez Ramírez, Luis Hernando
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T16:27:14Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T16:27:14Z
dc.date.created2009
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractWe 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.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48713/10336_10894
dc.identifier.editorialUniversidad del Rosariospa
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/10894
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dc.publisherUniversidad del Rosariospa
dc.publisher.departmentFacultad de Economíaspa
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 64
dc.relation.citationTitleSerie Documentos de trabajo. Economía
dc.relation.ispartofSerie documentos de trabajo. No 64 (Mayo 2009)spa
dc.relation.urihttps://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/005512.html
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dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.ddcProducción
dc.subject.lembTelecomunicacionesspa
dc.subject.lembEconomíaspa
dc.subject.lembDesarrollo económicospa
dc.subject.lembDesarrollo económico::Áfricaspa
dc.subject.lembTelefonía celular::Aspectos Económicosspa
dc.titleTelecommunications and economic growth: an empirical analysis of sub-saharan Africaspa
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