Politická ekonomie 2019, 67(3):291-315 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1237

Vliv mobilní telefonie na ekonomický růst

Jakub Čiháka
a Vysoká ąkola ekonomická v Praze, Národohospodářská fakulta

Impact of Mobile Communications on Economic Growth

In this paper, I empirically examine the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth. I use data for developing and developed countries for 2000–2016. My conclusion is that mobile penetration has a positive and significant impact on economic growth, where a onepercent increase in mobile penetration results in an increase in economic growth of 1.0–2.6 percent. Regulatory institutions have a positive and significant impact on penetration in developing countries; in developed countries, the impact of regulatory institutions is positive but not significant.

Keywords: telecommunications, economic growth, technological change, regulation
JEL classification: D23, L43, L96, O47, O57

Received: March 11, 2018; Accepted: December 12, 2018; Published: July 10, 2019  Show citation

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