TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Andonova, Veneta
AU  - Diaz-Serrano, Luis
        TI  - Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications
        PY  - 2007/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2569
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2569
        AB  - It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality of countries’ political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of institutions for technologies rather than for industries, we reveal important growth opportunities for developing countries and offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development.
        KW  - telecommunications
KW  - political constraints
KW  - economic development
KW  - GMM
        ER  -