Convergence and determinants of ICT development in case of emerging market economies |
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Institution: | 1. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, India;2. University of Minnesota-Morris, USA;3. Economics & Business Environment, Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India |
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Abstract: | This paper aims to examine the convergence of ICT development in the case of 27 emerging market economies (EMEs) using annual data from 2000 to 2018. First, by employing Phillips-Sul (PS) panel convergence test, the results not only support the evidence of convergence in ICT development but also find convergence in the composition of ICT development known as ICT access and ICT use. Second, the study identifies factors such as per capita income, human capital, and FDI which significantly affect ICT development. Third, results based on stochastic conditional convergence reveal that EMEs countries are not only converging among themselves but also ‘catch-up’ to the OECD countries. |
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Keywords: | ICT development ICT access ICT use Convergence PS test EMEs C23 O47 |
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