Convergence and determinants of ICT development in case of emerging market economies

Rath, Badri Narayan and Panda, Bibhudutta and Akram, Vaseem (2022) Convergence and determinants of ICT development in case of emerging market economies. Telecommunications Policy. ISSN 0308-5961

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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. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd

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