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基本説明
This volume focuses on the Information and Communication (ICT) revolution and its impact on economic growth.
Full Description
This volume focuses on the information and communication (ICT) revolution and its impact on economic growth. Even though the emergence of the knowledge economy is at the center of attention by media and is often a subject of economic policy debate, economic research on the issue is still relatively underdeveloped and many aspects of it are still awaiting proper theoretical and empirical scrutiny. One important question is whether, as many economists and opinion leaders maintain the knowledge economy and the new information technologies have fostered the birth of a "new economy" which by inducing a strong productivity growth in most sectors, is behind the impressive growth of GDP experienced by the US economy. Empirical research has in fact been unable to provide a conclusive answer to this question. This book debates this issue and provides the opportunity to discuss the economic and social effects of the ICT revolution. It also focuses on the functioning and the micro-economic structure of the ICT sector, as well as on its impact on various industries, on the financial system and on the labor market.It analyses the role of the ICT revolution on regional development and it addresses important policy issues such as its consequences for antitrust legislation and government regulation.
Contents
Part I Technology-based entrepreneursM.G.Colombo and M. Delmastro; The effect of multimarket scope on firms' compatibility choice, M. van Wegberg; Information technology revolution and Italian banks: a new Schumpeterian view?, D. Masciandaro; Producer services innovation and outsourcing in the new economy, M. Zagler. Part II: Competition policy for network and Internet markets, R. Willig; Mergers between incumbent telecom operators: the role of mutual moderation, P. Rey; Intellectual property right-based monopolies and ex-post competition: some reflections on the essential facility doctrine, A. Heimler and A. Nicita. Part III: IT Investment, productivity and efficiency; evidence at firm level using a stochastic frontier approach, L. Paganetto, L. Becchetti and D.A. Londono Bedoya; The economic impact of the computer revolution: a progress report, M. Kiley; The "New Economy" in the OECD, F. Daveri; Reorienting training policies to meet the challenges of information and communication technologies, L.M. Lynch; Raising the speed limit: US economic growth in the information age, D. Jorgenson and K. Stiroh. Part IV: The location of industry in a knowledge driven European economy, A. Dierx and F. Ilzkovitz; Regional specialization, local externalities and clustering in information technology industries, G. Le Blanc; Direct communication, networking and localisation of innovative activities, A. Kopp; Postfordism, new economy and the case Italian "Mezzogiorno", L. Paganetto and P.L. Scandizzo.
