UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM - Prof. Dr. Paul JJ Welfens
UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM - Prof. Dr. Paul JJ Welfens UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM - Prof. Dr. Paul JJ Welfens
für den OECD-Außenhandel angeführt, die den positiven Einfluss von internationaler Telekommunikation auf die Höhe des Handelsvolumens zeigen. Wirtschaftspolitiker in der EU sehen sich mit dem Problem konfrontiert, das Wachstumspotenzial der IuK optimal auszunutzen. OECD-weit erschweren die bekannten Mängel von Informationsmärkten die Entwicklung hin zur dynamischen Wissensgesellschaft.
Prof. Dr. Paul J.J. Welfens, Jean Monnet Professor für Europäische Wirtschaftsintegration, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftspolitik / internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen und Präsident des Europäischen Instituts für internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW) an der Universität Potsdam, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482 Potsdam, Tel.: 0331/977- 4614, www.euroeiiw.de Dr. Andre Jungmittag, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftspolitik/Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen und Europäisches Institut für internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen an der Universität Potsdam, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482 Potsdam, Tel.: 0331/977-4609. Telecommunications, Internet, Innovation and Growth in Europe and the US* 1. Telecommunications, the Internet and Transatlantic Growth Differentials.................1 1.1 Telecommunications and the Internet....................................................................1 1.2 Telecommunications and Technological Dynamics ..............................................2 1.3 Taking Stock: Transatlantic Growth Differential ..................................................5 2. Theoretical Analysis...................................................................................................10 2.1 ICT Dynamics and Growth..................................................................................10 2.2 Perspectives on Inflation and Growth..................................................................22 3. Innovation, ICT Dynamics and Growth: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects ...........27 3.1 Basic Theoretical Issues.......................................................................................27 3.2. Empirical Links Between Innovations and Output.............................................31 3.3 ICT as a General Purpose Technology?...............................................................35 4. The Role of Telecommunications and the Internet for Trade and Growth ................36 4.1 Telecommunications, Innovation and Economic Growth in Germany................36 4.2 Growth and Employment Effects of an Internet Flat Rate in Germany...............40 4.3 Telecommunications and Foreign Trade..............................................................44 5. Some Long-Term Aspects..........................................................................................47 References ......................................................................................................................50 Appendix: Methodological Issues in Growth Statistics .................................................58 Paper prepared for the international symposium Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, August 8-10, 2001, in Duisburg and Potsdam University of Duisburg and EIIW at the University of Potsdam *Forthcoming in BARFIELD, C; HEIDUK, G.; WELFENS, P.J.J., eds. (2002), final 2002
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für den OECD-Außenhandel angeführt, die den positiven Einfluss von internationaler<br />
Telekommunikation auf die Höhe des Handelsvolumens zeigen. Wirtschaftspolitiker in<br />
der EU sehen sich mit dem Problem konfrontiert, das Wachstumspotenzial der IuK<br />
optimal auszunutzen. OECD-weit erschweren die bekannten Mängel von Informationsmärkten<br />
die Entwicklung hin zur dynamischen Wissensgesellschaft.
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