The telecommunications industry and economic growth: how the market structure matters

Abstrakt

This paper presents an endogenous growth model where, in line with the recent empirical evidence, the telecommunications industry (telecom) is an engine of growth. In such a framework, this paper analyzes the channels through which telecom contributes to economic growth and focuses on market structure analysis for telecom, in the light of the recent changes in it.

Klíčová slova

• telecommunication industry
• market structure
• economic growth