Cross-country Diffusion of the Internet

TLDR: The Gompertz model of technology diffusion is estimated using data on Internet hosts per capita for the year 1995-2000 to investigate the factors which determine the diffusion of the Internet across countries.

About: This article is published in Information Economics and Policy.The article was published on 2002-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 540 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Per capita & Developing country.

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Table 1 Cross-section estimation results for OECD countries

Figure 2 The scatter diagram for computer host growth and Internet access cost

Figure 1 Internet host density and GDP per capita in 145 countries, 1999-2000

Table 2 Cross-section and panel estimation results for countries with more than 50 Internet hosts

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Q2. What is the average cost of a phone?

Simultaneous equations estimation results for countries with more than 50 Internet hostsDiffusion equation WW ++ OQOQ - +(1) (2) (3) (4)Speed of diffusion a 0.186*** (0.033)0.191*** (0.033)0.194*** (0.033)0.193*** (0.031)Constant ab -5.493*** (1.040)-5.525*** (1.037)-5.352*** (1.050)-4.710*** (1.037)GDP per capita ab 0.695*** (0.118)0.697*** (0.118)0.659*** (0.131)0.565*** (0.122)Telephone access cost ab -0.164** (0.056)-0.152** (0.055)-0.135** (0.058)-0.123** (0.053)Average years of schooling 0.073 (0.154)Attendance in university education0.149** (0.064)Chi square -test 42.53*** 

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Q5. What is the cheapest way to get a computer?

Infrastructure equation W <OQConstant 6.979*** (0.027)6.982*** (0.053)6.982*** (0.053)6.982*** (0.053)Personal computers per 1000 people0.332*** (0.027)0.347*** (0.027)0.347*** (0.027)0.348*** (0.027)Telephone main lines per 100 people0.278*** (0.035)0.257*** (0.036)0.257*** (0.036)0.257*** (0.036)Chi square -test 2011.55***