It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent oil 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 discuss venues for alleviating differences between Countries in international telecommunications development. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Korea Univ, Dept Food & Resource Econ, 145 Anam Ro, Seoul 02841, South KoreaKorea Univ, Dept Food & Resource Econ, 145 Anam Ro, Seoul 02841, South Korea
Kim, Dong-Hyeon
Hsieh, Joyce
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Tamkang Univ, Dept Int Business, 151 Yingzhuan Rd, New Taipei 25137, TaiwanKorea Univ, Dept Food & Resource Econ, 145 Anam Ro, Seoul 02841, South Korea
Hsieh, Joyce
Lin, Shu-Chin
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Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Econ, 25-2 SungKyunKwan Ro, Seoul 03063, South KoreaKorea Univ, Dept Food & Resource Econ, 145 Anam Ro, Seoul 02841, South Korea