Cited by 1,815ICT Impact and PoliciesEconomic Growth and DevelopmentFiscal Policy and Economic Growth

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 20 of the 20 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach

Röller, Lars-Hendrik, Waverman, Leonard·2001·American Economic Review

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

In this paper we investigate how telecommunications infrastructure affects economic growth. We use evidence from 21 OECD countries over a 20-year period to examine the impacts that telecommunications developments may have had. We jointly estimate a micromodel for telecommunication investment with a macro production function. We find evidence of a significant positive causal link, especially when a critical mass of telecommunications infrastructure is present. Interestingly, the critical mass appears to be at a level of telecommunications infrastructure that is near universal service. (JEL O57, O47, L69)

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1257/aer.91.4.909

Cites

20 of 20 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

A contribution to the theory of economic growth
Solow, R. M. (1956) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/1884513 · Cited by 24,483
Increasing returns and long-run growth
Romer, P. M. (1986) · Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1086/261420 · Cited by 20,149
A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth
Mankiw, N. G., Römer, D., & Weil, D. N. (1992) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2118477 · Cited by 15,282
Journal of Economic Literature
Durlauf, S. N. (2019) · AEA Papers and Proceedings · doi:10.1257/pandp.109.633 · Cited by 7,666
Is public expenditure productive?
Aschauer, D. A. (1989) · Journal of Monetary Economics · doi:10.1016/0304-3932(89)90047-0 · Cited by 5,474
Convergence
Barro, R. J. (1992) · Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1086/261816 · Cited by 4,200
The Penn World Table (Mark 5): An Expanded Set of International Comparisons, 1950-1988
Summers, R., & Heston, A. (1991) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2937941 · Cited by 3,429
Equipment Investment and Economic Growth
Long, J. B. D., & Summers, L. H. (1990) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2937944 · Cited by 1,715
Endogenous Innovation in the Theory of Growth
Grossman, G. M., & Helpman, E. (1994) · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · doi:10.1257/jep.8.1.23 · Cited by 1,574
Infrastructure Investment: A Review Essay
Grämlich, E. M. (1997) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035303557.00019 · Cited by 1,459

Show all 20 references

Sorted by citations

Items 301–400 of 1,000

Technological capital: an alternative to the digital divide
Carlson, A., & Isaacs, A. M. (2018) · Journal of Applied Communication Research · doi:10.1080/00909882.2018.1437279 · Cited by 54
Digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: analysing cross-country heterogeneity
Ndoya, H., & Asongu, S. A. (2022) · Social Responsibility Journal · doi:10.1108/srj-07-2022-0277 · Cited by 55
Improving the prospects for sustainable ICT projects in the developing world
Hosman, L., & Fife, E. (2008) · International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics · doi:10.1386/macp.4.1.51_1 · Cited by 53
Information and communications technology use and income growth: evidence of the multiplier effect in very small island states
Qureshi, S., & Najjar, L. (2017) · Information Technology for Development · doi:10.1080/02681102.2016.1173634 · Cited by 53
Sanitation and work time: Evidence from the toilet revolution in rural China
Wang, D., & Shen, Y. (2022) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105992 · Cited by 54
Diffusion Of The Internet : A Cross-Country Analysis
Cuberes, D., Andrés, L., Diouf, M. A., & Serebrisky, T. (2007) · World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4420 · Cited by 66
“…main determinants of cross-country differences in this process seems to be of particular interest in the case of Internet adoption since, as it has long been acknowledged, the Internet is a key tool of economic development (Röller, H., and L. Waverman, 2001; Sanchez-Roble, B 1998; Kenny, C. 2003).”
Background
Powering economic growth and development in Africa: telecommunication operations
David, O. O. (2019) · Applied Economics · doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1578852 · Cited by 51
Infrastructure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Lower Middle-Income Countries
Irshad, R., Nisa, M., & Ghafoor, N. (2022) · Journal of the Knowledge Economy · doi:10.1007/s13132-021-00855-1 · Cited by 51
“Some cross-country studies have found the positive and significant association among infrastructure and economic growth in developing nations (Canning & Pedroni, 1999; Roller & Waverman, 2001).”
Background
Universal service: A new definition?
Alleman, J., Rappoport, P., & Banerjee, A. (2009) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2009.11.009 · Cited by 51
Public and Private Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: An Aggregate and Disaggregate Analysis
Javid, M. (2019) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su11123359 · Cited by 51
“Spillover effects may also vary due to industry use of the infrastructure, for instance Röller and Waverman [72] argue that spillover benefits from the communications infrastructure can be enlarged with the information intensity.”
Regional allocation of public infrastructure investment: The case of Greece
Lambrinidis, M., Psycharis, Y., & Rovolis, A. (2005) · Regional Studies · doi:10.1080/00343400500390057 · Cited by 51
Can regional development plans promote economic growth? City-level evidence from China
Yang, Z., Shao, S., Xu, L., & Yang, L. (2021) · Socio-Economic Planning Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.seps.2021.101212 · Cited by 57
Ways to improve cross-regional resource allocation: Does the development of digitalization matter?
Wu, H., Hao, Y., Geng, C., Sun, W., Zhou, Y., & Lu, F. (2023) · Journal of Economic Analysis · doi:10.58567/jea02040001 · Cited by 50
ICT-finance-growth nexus: Empirical evidence from the Next-11 countries
Pradhan, R. P., Arvin, M. B., Nair, M. S., Bennett, S. E., & Bahmani, S. (2016) · Cuadernos de Economía · doi:10.1016/j.cesjef.2016.02.003 · Cited by 50
Investigating the interlinkages between infrastructure development, poverty and rural–urban income inequality
Chotia, V., & Rao, N. V. M. (2017) · Studies in Economics and Finance · doi:10.1108/sef-07-2016-0159 · Cited by 50
Impact of socio-economic infrastructure investments on income inequality in Iran
Zolfaghari, M., Kabiri, M., & Saadatmanesh, H. (2020) · Journal of Policy Modeling · doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2020.02.004 · Cited by 61
The economic impact of telecommunications diffusion on UK productivity growth
Correa, L. (2006) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.04.001 · Cited by 50
Swedish lessons: How important are ICT and R&D to economic growth?
Edquist, H. O., & Henrekson, M. (2017) · Structural Change and Economic Dynamics · doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2017.05.004 · Cited by 50
Implications of the Internet for Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in Clusters of Hi-tech Firms
Eng, T. (2004) · European Management Journal · doi:10.1016/j.emj.2003.11.011 · Cited by 50
Digital Vulnerability and Performance of Firms in Developing CountriesPreprint
Cariolle, J., Goff, M. L., & Santoni, O. (2019) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3345014 · Cited by 50
Mobile money, ICT, financial inclusion and growth: How different is Africa?
Ahmad, A. H., Green, C. J., Jiang, F., & Murinde, V. (2023) · Economic Modelling · doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106220 · Cited by 49
What is the magnitude of fixed–mobile call substitution? Empirical evidence from 16 European countries
Barth, A.-K., & Heimeshoff, U. (2014) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2014.04.009 · Cited by 49
Measuring (in a time of crisis) the impact of broadband connections on economic growth: an OECD panel analysis
Castaldo, A., Fiorini, A., & Maggi, B. (2017) · Applied Economics · doi:10.1080/00036846.2017.1343448 · Cited by 49
Telecommunications infrastructure and usage and the FDI–growth nexus: evidence from Asian-21 countries
Pradhan, R. P., Arvin, M. B., Nair, M. S., Mittal, J., & Norman, N. R. (2017) · Information Technology for Development · doi:10.1080/02681102.2016.1217822 · Cited by 49
DO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDONESIA?
Rath, B. N., & Hermawan, D. (2019) · Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking · doi:10.21098/bemp.v22i1.1041 · Cited by 49
Fiscal Rules, Public Investment, And Growth
Servén, L. (2007) · World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4382 · Cited by 49
The impact of digital infrastructure on regional green innovation efficiency through industrial agglomeration and diversification
Zhang, H., Zhang, K., Yan, T., & Cao, X. (2025) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04512-9 · Cited by 48
“…that DI can compress the space – time distance between supply and demand sides, improve knowledge transmission speed, reduce information asymmetry, improve the ef ﬁ ciency of resource allocation and produce positive spillover effects (Röller and Waverman, 2001; Oliver, 2019; Dong et al. 2022).”
Go for Gigabit? First Evidence on Economic Benefits of High‐speed Broadband Technologies in Europe
Briglauer, W., & Gugler, K. P. (2019) · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies · doi:10.1111/jcms.12872 · Cited by 48
“Following the specifications in Röller and Waverman (2001), Koutroumpis (2009) and Czernich et al. (2011), national aggregate economic output (GDP) is related to various input factors, that is, labour (L), all forms of non-broadband capital stock (C) and different stocks of broadband infrastructure…”
Dynamic Gains from Trade
Nordås, H. K., Miroudot, S., & Kowalski, P. A. (2006) · OECD trade policy working papers · doi:10.1787/276358887412 · Cited by 50
Infrastructure Compression and Public Sector Solvency in Latin AmericaPreprint
Calderón, C., Easterly, W. R., & Servén, L. (2002) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 48
The Influence of Internet Penetration on Poverty and Income Inequality
Afzal, A., Firdousi, S. F., Waqar, A., & Awais, M. (2022) · SAGE Open · doi:10.1177/21582440221116104 · Cited by 53
“It also minimizes transaction costs and increases the productivity of firms (Roller & Waverman, 2001).”
Background
Speeding up the internet: Regulation and investment in the European fiber optic infrastructure
Briglauer, W., Cambini, C., & Grajek, M. (2018) · International Journal of Industrial Organization · doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2018.01.006 · Cited by 47
The economic and environmental impacts of information and communication technology: A state-of-the-art review and prospects
Zhang, X., & Chu, W. (2022) · Resources Conservation and Recycling · doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106477 · Cited by 52
Of Carts and Horses: Regulation and Privatization in Telecommunications Reforms
Wallsten, S. (2003) · The Journal of Policy Reform · doi:10.1080/134841280410001698987 · Cited by 47
Access to electricity and digital inclusion: evidence from mobile call detail records
Houngbonon, G. V., Quentrec, E. L., & Rubrichi, S. (2021) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-021-00848-0 · Cited by 46
ICT use and total factor productivity growth: intangible capital or productive externalities?
Acharya, R. C. (2015) · Oxford Economic Papers · doi:10.1093/oep/gpv058 · Cited by 46
Essential information sharing thresholds for reducing market power in financial access: a study of the African banking industry
Asongu, S. A., le Roux, S., & Tchamyou, V. S. (2018) · Journal of Banking Regulation · doi:10.1057/s41261-018-0065-4 · Cited by 46
Technology-driven growth and inclusive growth- implications for sustainable development in Africa
Adejumo, O. O., Adejumo, A. V., & Aladesanmi, T. A. (2020) · Technology in Society · doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101373 · Cited by 46
The Economics of Cloud Computing
Etro, F. (2014) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6539-2.ch101 · Cited by 46
Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Using Simultaneous Equation
Nedozi, F. O., Obasanmi, J. O., & Ighata, J. A. (2014) · Journal of Economics · doi:10.1080/09765239.2014.11885008 · Cited by 45
The direct and indirect effects of infrastructure on firm productivity: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing
Wan, G., & Zhang, Y. (2017) · China Economic Review · doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2017.04.010 · Cited by 45
Tourism and insecurity in the world
Asongu, S. A., Uduji, J. I., & Okolo-Obasi, E. N. (2019) · International Review of Economics · doi:10.1007/s12232-019-00330-z · Cited by 55
Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Rural Areas
Aldashev, A., & Batkeyev, B. (2021) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100936 · Cited by 48
Empirical validation of Metcalfe’s law: How Internet usage patterns have changed over time
Madureira, A., den Hartog, F., Bouwman, H., & Baken, N. (2013) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2013.07.002 · Cited by 44
The Impact of Digitalization on Public Administration, Economic Development, and Well-Being in the EU Countries
Androniceanu, A., Georgescu, I. A., & Sabie, O. M. (2022) · Central European Public Administration Review · doi:10.17573/cepar.2022.2.01 · Cited by 53
Impact of infrastructures on paid work opportunities and unpaid work burdens on rural women in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, S. (2009) · Journal of International Development · doi:10.1002/jid.1607 · Cited by 44
The Contribution of ICT to Freedom and Democracy: An Empirical Analysis of Archival Data on the Middle East
Shirazi, F. (2008) · Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries · doi:10.1002/j.1681-4835.2008.tb00243.x · Cited by 53
Mobile telephony, economic growth, financial development, foreign direct investment, and imports of ICT goods: the case of the G-20 countries
Pradhan, R. P., Arvin, M. B., Hall, J. H., & Bennett, S. E. (2017) · Journal of Industrial and Business Economics · doi:10.1007/s40812-017-0084-7 · Cited by 45
Effect of Infrastructure and Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nketiah‐Amponsah, E., & Sarpong, B. (2019) · Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies · doi:10.1177/0974910119887242 · Cited by 46
The Impact of Alternative Public Policies on the Deployment of New Communications Infrastructure – A Survey
Briglauer, W., Frübing, S., & Vogelsang, I. (2014) · Review of Network Economics · doi:10.1515/rne-2015-0004 · Cited by 43
“The question thus arises how policy makers can incentivize 1 See inter alia Röller and Waverman (2001), Koutroumpis (2009) and Czernich, Falck, Kretschmer and Wößmann (2011) for the impact on GDP growth, Garbacz and Thompson (2007) for the impact on global productive efficiency, Bertschek, Cerquera…”
The Economic Impacts of Telecommunications Networks and Broadband Internet: A SurveyPreprint
Bertschek, I., Briglauer, W., HHschelrath, K., & Niebel, T. (2016) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2828085 · Cited by 43
Resource dependence and air pollution in China: Do the digital economy, income inequality, and industrial upgrading matter?
Wang, L., & Chen, L. (2022) · Environment Development and Sustainability · doi:10.1007/s10668-022-02802-9 · Cited by 46
“Many scholars have adopted a single indicator, such as CN domain name and the number of Internet users, to characterize the levels of digital economy development (Czernich et al., 2011; Roller & Waverman, 2001).”
Access regulation and infrastructure investment in the mobile telecommunications industry
Kim, J., Kim, Y., Gaston, N. G., Lestage, R., Kim, Y., & Flacher, D. (2011) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2011.08.004 · Cited by 42
Regulation and corporate corruption: New evidence from the telecom sector
Berg, S. V., Jiang, L., & Lin, C. (2011) · Journal of Comparative Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jce.2011.12.001 · Cited by 42
The impact of information and communication technologies, CO2 emissions, and energy consumption on inclusive development in developing countries
Mirza, F. M., Ansar, S., Ullah, K., & Maqsood, F. (2019) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-019-07131-5 · Cited by 42
The ICT Sector in Economic Development of the Countries of Eastern Europe: a Comparative Analysis
Dubyna, M. V., Холявко, Н., Жаворонок, А., Safonov, Y., Krylov, D., & ТОЧИЛІНА, Ю. Ю. (2022) · WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS · doi:10.37394/23207.2022.19.18 · Cited by 42
Institutions and telecommunications infrastructure in low and middle-income countries: The case of mobile telephony
Maiorano, F., & Stern, J. (2007) · Utilities Policy · doi:10.1016/j.jup.2007.04.001 · Cited by 42
ICT and economic resilience: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
Papaioannou, S. (2023) · Economic Modelling · doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106500 · Cited by 41
Accounting for telecommunications contribution to economic growth: A study of Small Pacific Island States
Kumar, R. R., Kumar, R. D., & Patel, A. C. (2014) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2014.08.005 · Cited by 41
The internet-growth link: An examination of studies with conflicting results and new evidence on the network effect
Vu, K. M. (2019) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2019.04.002 · Cited by 41
Physical infrastructure, energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental pollution in Pakistan: an asymmetry analysis
Jafri, M. A. H., Liu, H., Majeed, M. T., Ahmad, W., Ullah, S., & Xue, R. (2020) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-020-11787-9 · Cited by 38
Can the Internet narrow regional economic disparities?
Wu, S., Wang, P., & Sun, B. (2021) · Regional Studies · doi:10.1080/00343404.2021.1942444 · Cited by 41
“All economic individuals could share existing information through the Internet and understand, interpret and reprocess this information (Czernich et al., 2011; Han & Zhu, 2014).”
BackgroundResultInfluential
Spanning the digital divide in India: Barriers to ICT adoption and usage
Asrani, C. (2021) · Journal of Public Affairs · doi:10.1002/pa.2598 · Cited by 40
E-skills and income inequality within European regions
Consoli, D., Castellacci, F., & Santoalha, A. (2023) · Industry and Innovation · doi:10.1080/13662716.2023.2230222 · Cited by 40
“…substantial gains in terms of productivity (Brynjolfsson and Hitt 1996; Kretschmer 2012; Pilat 2005; Stiroh 2002; Triplett 1999), innovation (Antonelli 2001; Cardona, Kretschmer, and Strobel 2013; Freeman and Louça 2001) and economic growth (Brynjolfsson and McAfee 2014; Roller and Waverman 2001).”
Background
Chinese Global Infrastructure
Strange, A. M. (2023) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009090902 · Cited by 40
ICT, conflicts in financial intermediation and financial access: evidence of synergy and threshold effects
Asongu, S., & Acha-Anyi, P. (2017) · Netnomics · doi:10.1007/s11066-017-9119-5 · Cited by 42
How EU sector-specific regulations and competition affect migration from old to new communications infrastructure: recent evidence from EU27 member states
Briglauer, W. (2015) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1007/s11149-015-9283-1 · Cited by 40
Development of telecommunication and broadcasting infrastructure indices at the global level
Al-mutawkkil, A., Heshmati, A., & Hwang, J. (2009) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2008.12.008 · Cited by 40
The political economy of mobile telecommunications liberalization: Evidence from the OECD countries
Duso, T., & Seldeslachts, J. (2009) · Journal of Comparative Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jce.2009.09.001 · Cited by 40
in Latin America
Mortimore, M., & Peres, W. (2001) · Cited by 40
Public Investment in Developing Countries: A Blessing or a Curse?Preprint
Cavallo, E. A., & Daude, C. (2011) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1820935 · Cited by 40
The impact of ICT on Taxation: the case of Large Taxpayer Department of Tanzania Revenue Authority
Chatama, Y. J. (2013) · Developing Country Studies · Cited by 39
Critical success factors for sustainable entrepreneurship in Pakistani Telecommunications industry: a hybrid grey systems theory/ best-worst method approach
Muneeb, F. M., Yazdi, A. K., Wänke, P., Cao, Y., & Chughtai, M. S. (2020) · Management Decision · doi:10.1108/md-08-2019-1133 · Cited by 42
Infrastructure to 2030
OECD (2006) · OECD eBooks · doi:10.1787/9789264023994-en · Cited by 39
Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession
Lin, J. Y. (2013) · Thammasat University Digital Collections · Cited by 39
Impact of modern communication infrastructure on productivity, production structure and factor demands of US industries: Impact revisited
Nadiri, M. I., Nandi, B., & Aköz, K. K. (2018) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2018.03.008 · Cited by 38
Has Information Infrastructure Reduced Carbon Emissions?—Evidence from Panel Data Analysis of Chinese Cities
Lyu, Y., Ji, Z., Liang, H., Wang, T., & Zheng, Y. (2022) · Buildings · doi:10.3390/buildings12050619 · Cited by 38
Price elasticity of demand for broadband: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Galperín, H., & Ruzzier, C. A. (2013) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2012.06.007 · Cited by 38
Getting Connected: Competition and Diffusion in African Mobile Telecommunications Markets
Gebreab, F. A. (2002) · World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks · doi:10.1596/14261 · Cited by 38
The Role of Communication Infrastructure Investment in Economic Recovery
Reynolds, T. (2009) · OECD digital economy papers · doi:10.1787/222432403368 · Cited by 38
Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions
Jin, L. J., & Jin, J. (2014) · Economies · doi:10.3390/economies2010078 · Cited by 37
Rural revitalization driven by digital infrastructure: Mechanisms and empirical verification
Liu, J., & Li, F. (2024) · Journal of Digital Economy · doi:10.1016/j.jdec.2025.01.002 · Cited by 51
Institutional development in an information-driven economy: can ICTs enhance economic growth for low- and lower middle-income countries?
Pradhan, R. P., Arvin, M. B., Nair, M. S., Hall, J. H., & Bennett, S. E. (2022) · Information Technology for Development · doi:10.1080/02681102.2022.2051417 · Cited by 37
“These arguments are presented, for example, by Colecchia and Schreyer (2002), Dutta (2001), Jorgenson and Vu (2016), Pradhan et al. (2015), Roller and Waverman (2001), Pradhan et al. (2021a, b), and Shiu and Lam (2008).”
Background
Assessment of information and communications technology maturity level
Kyriakidou, V., Michalakelis, C., & Sphicopoulos, T. (2012) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2012.08.001 · Cited by 37
“Finally, economic welfare and growth, as expressed by the GNI, seem to be affected by ICT development in a number of works (Jalava & Pohjola, 2002; Jorgenson, 2001; Oliner & Sichel, 2000; Roller & Waverman, 2001; Seo, Lee, & Oh, 2009).”
Background
Diffusion and adoption of digital communications services in India
Asrani, C., & Kar, A. K. (2022) · Information Technology for Development · doi:10.1080/02681102.2022.2046536 · Cited by 36
Policy Framework for Investment
OECD (2006) · OECD eBooks · doi:10.1787/9789264025875-en · Cited by 36
Goods Follow Bytes: The Impact of ICT on EU TradePreprint
Mattes, A., Meinen, P., & Pavel, F. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2006481 · Cited by 37
“Röller and Waverman (2001) estimate a model which endogenizes investments in telecommunication infrastructure and find a significant positive effect on growth.”
The role of infrastructure on economic growth in belt and road participating countries
Chin, M.-Y., Ong, S.-L., Wai, C. K., & Kon, Y.-Q. (2021) · Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies · doi:10.1108/jcefts-09-2020-0065 · Cited by 35
Digital economy, innovation, and firm value: Evidence from China
Mao, Y., Hu, N., Leng, T.-C., & Liu, Y. (2024) · Pacific-Basin Finance Journal · doi:10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102355 · Cited by 32
Supply chain resilience and digital transformation: perspectives from a supply chain network
Tian, Y., & Cui, L. (2025) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-025-06011-3 · Cited by 49
EFFECTS OF IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY ON BUSINESS COSTS: EVIDENCE FROM FIRM-LEVEL DATA IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Iimi, A. (2011) · The Developing Economies · doi:10.1111/j.1746-1049.2011.00126.x · Cited by 35
"Latin America: Addressing High Logistics Costs and Poor Infrastructure for Merchandise Transportation and Trade Facilitation"
José, C. D. S., Gonzalez, J. A., Guasch, J. L., & Serebrisky, T. (2007) · Cited by 35
Enhancing Information Technology for Value Added Across Economic Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, S. A., Rahman, M., Nnanna, J., & Haffar, M. (2020) · Technological Forecasting and Social Change · doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120301 · Cited by 35
Impact of broadband speed on economic outputs: An empirical study of OECD countries
Kongaut, C., & Bohlin, E. (2017) · Economics and Business Review/The Poznań University of Economics Review · doi:10.18559/ebr.2017.2.2 · Cited by 35
Engendering communication: a perspective on ICT access and usage in Africa
Milek, A., Stork, C., & Gillwald, A. N. (2011) · Info · doi:10.1108/14636691111131493 · Cited by 35
Teleuse on a Shoestring: Poverty Reduction Through Telecom Access at the ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’Preprint
de Silva, H., & Zainudeen, A. (2010) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1555597 · Cited by 35
Beyond Keynesianism: Global Infrastructure Investments in Times of Crisis
Doemeland, D., & Lin, J. Y. (2012) · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-5940 · Cited by 35
Impact of data trade restrictions on IT services export: A cross-country analysis
Gupta, S., Ghosh, P., & Sridhar, V. (2022) · Telecommunications Policy · doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102403 · Cited by 34
Mobile communication networks and Internet technologies as drivers of technical efficiency improvement
Forero, M. D. P. B. (2012) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.11.004 · Cited by 34
A structural estimation of the return to infrastructure investment in China
Wu, G. L., Feng, Q., & Wang, Z. (2021) · Journal of Development Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102672 · Cited by 34

Authors: Röller, L.-H., & Waverman, L.
Affiliations: INSEAD (FR)
University of Toronto (CA)
Venue: American Economic Review
Publisher: American Economic Association
Published: 2001-09-01
Volume: 91
Issue: 4
Pages: 909-923
ISSN: 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.4.909
OpenAlex: W3123689642
Cited by: 1,815
References: 20
Citations by year: 2026: 86 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 128 · 2021: 110 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 91 · 2018: 77 · 2017: 109 · 2016: 77 · 2015: 72 · 2014: 84 · 2013: 84 · 2012: 102
FWCI: 95.84
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › ICT Impact and Policies
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Development
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Keywords: telecommunications infrastructure, economic growth, critical mass, universal service, OECD countries, simultaneous equations model

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach

Abstract

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Related

Metadata

Record

About these checks