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OverviewThe view that the Internet and the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution would deliver a frictionless economy without recessions is, at least for the time being, dead. This book takes stock of the ICT revolution, going well below the surface to ask and answer a few key questions: did the ICT revolution contribute to the divergence in the growth record? And if this is the case, how and why were some countries better equipped to exploit the potential of ICT? The naive approach to the Internet views e-commerce as a means to achieve a perfect world of competition. By making information cheap and readily available, it should allow the affluent consumer to raise competitive pressure on firms, help the firms themselves to put competitive pressure on their own suppliers and so on. For the poor countries, the story goes, the Internet should lower the barriers to entry to rich countries' markets and foster their inclusion in world markets. However, the theory of economic geography does not support the idea that geography becomes irrelevant as the cost of distance is reduced. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Cohen (, Professor of Economics, Ecole normale supérieure (Paris)) , Pietro Garibaldi (, Professor of Economics, Bocconi University (Milan)) , Stefano Scarpetta (, Labour Market Advisor, The World Bank (Washington DC))Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.421kg ISBN: 9780199270118ISBN 10: 0199270112 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 01 January 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I: The Spread of ICT and Productivity Growth: Is Europe Really Lagging Behind in the New Economy?Edited by Stefano Scarpetta; Team members: Eric Bartelsman, Andrea Bassanini, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Stefano Scarpetta, and Thorsten Schank: Introduction and Overview 1: What is the Role of ICT in Shaping Recent Growth Patterns in the United States and Other OECD Countries? - Some Aggregate Evidence 2: Scraping the Surface: what Lies behind Aggregate Growth Patterns? Industry- and Firm-Level Evidence 3: Productivity, Investment in ICT, Human Capital and Changes in the Organisation of Work: Micro Evidence from Germany and the U.S. 4: ICT and Growth: the Role of Factor and Product Markets 5: Do Policy and Regulatory Settings Help to Explain Industry Differences in Productivity and Innovation Activities across OECD Countries? Appendix Robert J. Gordon, Alan B. Krueger: Comments Part II: Internet: the Elusive Quest for a Frictionless EconomyCo-ordinated by Daniel Cohen; Team members: Bruno Amable, Philippe Askenazy, Andrea Goldstein, and David O'Connor: Introduction and Overview 6: Markets and Consumers 7: Firms And Suppliers (B... 2b Or Not 2b?) 8: Supply Chains, Market Access and the Internet: A View from the South Appendices John Martin, Jan Svejnar: Comments ConclusionGøsta Esping-Andersen, Paul Geroski:ReviewsAuthor InformationDaniel Cohen is a Research fellow and former co-director of the International macroeconomy programme at the CEPR, and Research fellow at CEPREMAP, Paris. He has been a Consultant at the World Bank (1984-1994) and the IMF (2001 and 2002), and was a Visiting fellow at Harvard University in 1981-82 and 1983-84. Pietro Garibaldi is the Head of Labour Studies at the Fondazione Rdolfo Debenedetti, Research fellow in the Labour Economics programme at the CEPR, Research Fellow at the IZA in Bonn, Research fellow at Igier, Milan, and Consultant on Labour Issues for the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance. He has been a Consultant at the World Bank (1999; 2002) and the IMF (2000; 2001), and was an Economist at the IMF from 1996 to 1999. Stefano Scarpetta is the Labor Market Adviser at the World Bank, responsible for leading research, policy, and operational support activities in a variety of areas including the setting of a common framework for studying labor market systems, the impact of labor and product market regulations on economic performance and the effectiveness of labor market policies. Prior to joining the World Bank, he was in charge of the OECD Growth project, and prior to this of the OECD Jobs Strategy project. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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