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Interneteconomics.net Macroeconomics, Deregulation, and Innovation

Deregulation, privatization and internationalization of the telecommunications industry has brought about enormous changes within both the European and world economy. The dynamics of the Internet and the recent wave of innovations in the telecommunications and computer industry have given rise to ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welfens, Paul J.J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Subjects:
Macroeconomics/monetary Economics//financial Economics
It In Business
Business—data Processing
Macroeconomics
Information Technology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A. Telecommunications and the Internet Boom: Analysis and Economic Perspectives
  • 1. Trends in ICT Markets
  • 2. Towards a New Economy
  • 3. Boom in Telecommunications in the OECD
  • 4. Internet Economics and the Digital Divide within the OECD
  • 5. Telecoms Modernization, Productivity and Growth
  • 6. Computer Lag, Network Fragmentation and Education Deficits: Policy Challenges in a European Perspective
  • Appendix I: Accounting for the US Productivity Acceleration in the 1990s
  • Appendix II: Relative Price of ICT Capital to Price of Capital and Growth Rates of ICT Capital Formation and Non-ICT Capital Formation in the US
  • B. The Internet in Macroeconomic Analysis and Growth Analysis
  • 1. Short Term and Long Term Aspects
  • 2. The Internet in Macroeconomic Analysis
  • 3. Internet, Telecommunications and Economic Growth
  • 4. Internet, Innovativeness and the Real Exchange Rate
  • 5. Information & Communication Technology and Growth: Some Neglected Dynamic Aspects in Open Digital Economies
  • C. Telecommunications Policy in the European Union
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Changes in the Telecommunications Sector
  • 3. Traditional and New View of Telecommunications
  • 4. Competition in Network Industries
  • 5. Regulatory Issues
  • Appendix I: Monopoly Versus Competition in International Telephony
  • Appendix II: Deregulation Dynamics
  • Appendix III: External Effects of Telecoms Network Expansion
  • Appendix IV: Transfer of Market Power in Interdependent Markets
  • Appendix V: Telecommunications and Trade: Theory, Gravity Equation Analysis and Implications for Economic Policy
  • D. Transatlantic Growth Differentials, ICT Dynamics, Fiscal Policy and Innovation Policy
  • 1. Euro Weakness and Transatlantic Growth Differentials
  • 2. Theoretical Analysis
  • 3. Some Long Term Aspects
  • 4. Internet, Telecommunications and Innovation
  • 5. ICT Dynamics and Economic Policy
  • 6. Innovation Policy Challenges
  • Appendix I: Data from IMF Economic Outlook 2001 (or website)
  • Appendix II: A Simple Model of an Economy with Information
  • Appendix III: Innovation, Savings and Growth
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • References

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