Impact Of The Investments In Ict On Total Factor Productivity: Empirical Investigation Of Macroeconomic Outcomes Of Investments In Telecoms In The Context Of Economies In Transition

The goal of this research is to establish a link between the subset of investments in information and communication technologies (ICT), namely, investments in Telecoms, and economic growth in the context of countries that are currently classified by the international community as transition economies (TE). More specifically, in this study we focus on the relationship between ICT and one of the determinants of economic growth, total factor productivity (TFP). Neoclassical growth accounting and the theory of complementarity provide the theoretical framework on which we build this research. By combining the data obtained from two sources, the World Bank Database and the IT Yearbook, we were able to construct a 10-year data set for 18 TEs spanning the period from 1993 to 2002. Our inquiry is structured as a seven-step process that utilizes six data analytic methods.