Internet Econometrics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Serge Allegrezza, Anne Dubrocard

      Pages 1-10

3. ICT and Productivity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Information Technology, Complementary Capital, and the Transatlantic Productivity Divergence

      • Marco Vincenzi

      Pages 13-42

   3. Technical Efficiency and the Role of Information Technology: A Stochastic Production Frontier Study across OECD Countries

      • Sophia P. Dimelis, Sotiris K. Papaioannou

      Pages 43-65

   4. Analyzing ICT Adoption across European Regions

      • María Rosalía Vicente, Ana Jesús López

      Pages 66-84

4. Determinants of Demand for ICT

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Determinants of Usages and Access to the Internet Services in Côte d’Ivoire

      • Auguste K. Kouakou

      Pages 87-106

   3. Difference between Adoption and Access Frequency to Internet and Consumer Surplus

      • Walid Hadhri, Mohamed Ayadi, Adel Ben Youssef

      Pages 107-129

   4. Valuing Time-Intensive Goods: An Application to Wireless and Wired Internet

      • Ergin Bayrak

      Pages 130-141

   5. Contingent Valuation of Digital Identification Card and Electronic Signature Service in Luxembourg

      • Alex Durand

      Pages 142-166

   6. Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention

      • Alexia Gaudeul, Chiara Peroni, Laurence Mathieu

      Pages 167-194

5. New Organizational Frontiers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. File Sharing and Its Impact on Business Models in Music

      • Joost Poort, Paul Rutten

      Pages 197-233

   3. The Make-or-Buy Decision in ICT Services: Empirical Evidence from Luxembourg

      • Ludivine Martin

      Pages 234-258

   4. An Empirical Analysis of Organizational Innovation Generated by ICT in Japanese SMEs

      • Hiroki Idota, Masaru Ogawa, Teruyuki Bunno, Masatsugu Tsuji

      Pages 259-287

   5. Determinants of Intra-firm Diffusion Process of ICT: Theoretical Sources and Empirical Evidence from Catalan Firms

      • Adel Ben Youssef, David Castillo Merino, Walid Hadhri

      Pages 288-312

   6. Does ICT Enable Innovation in Luxembourg? An Empirical Study

      • Leila Ben Aoun, Anne Dubrocard

      Pages 313-335

6. Back Matter

   Pages 337-344

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The proliferation of the internet has often been referred to as the fourth technological revolution. This book explores the diffusion of radical new communication technologies, and the subsequent transformation not only of products, but also of the organisation of production and business methods.

• Diffusion
• econometrics
• economics
• efficiency
• methods
• production
• productivity

• National Statistical Office of Luxembourg, Belgium

  Serge Allegrezza, Anne Dubrocard

SERGE ALLEGREZZA holds a PhD in applied economics, and has been director general of STATEC (The Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies of Luxembourg) since April 2003. He is also head of the Competitiveness Observatory (Ministry of Economics and Foreign Trade, Luxembourg) and serves as a board member of state owned IT companies. He has previously advised the government on electronic commerce at the Ministry of Economics.

ANNEDUBROCARD is Head of the Research Unit at STATEC. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. She created and led a research team supported by STATEC and the Ministry of Economics exploring productivity and firm performance in Luxembourg.

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