Thursday 16-18

M.12.25

Prof. Paul J.J. Welfens /

David Hanrahan

Bergische Universität Wuppertal

WS 2017/18

Digital World Economy:

ICT, Telecommunications Dynamics

and Regulation

Introduction

Motivation

Source: World Bank (2011) Capturing Technology for Development

Proposed Topics

1. The Impact of ICT on Productivity and Economic Growth

2. ICT Infrastructure and Economic Development

3. ICT Investment and Innovation

4. Competition Policy and Regulation in Digital Markets (Digital Single Market!)

5. The Liberalization, Regulation and Privatization of the Telecommunication Industry

6. Network Neutrality in Internet Access Service – US debate

7. Development and Regulation of Mobile Internet in selected Countries

8. ICT Expansion, Skill Requirements and Employment

9. The Economic and Social Impact of E-government

10. Global Value Chains in the Production of ICT Goods

11. Dynamics of Software and Internet Industries

12. Greening with ICT: ICT Potential for the Reduction of Emissions and a Greener Economy

13. ICT Potential for Trade Cost Reduction: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

14. The Adoption of ICT in B2B and B2C E-commerce: Advantages and Disadvantages….

15. Why are the US and China the Leading Global Digital Economies?

16. Measuring the Digital Economy

17. Taxation and the Digital Economy

Expected performance

1. Paper (Seminararbeit)

• Deadline for the submission of the seminar paper: 15.03.2017

• Length of the paper: 20 pages

• Required: Both a printed version & a digital version (CD or per email)

• Language: English

• Formalities: http://welfens.wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php?id=3343&L=1

Expected performance

2. Exposé:

• Ca. 5 Slides = 5 - 10 minutes

• Research question, motivation, structure, literature, data, methodology

• Language: English

3. Presentation:

• 15 - 20 minutes

• Main findings of the paper

• Language: English

4. Discussion

• 5 minutes

• Strengths and weaknesses of the paper, constructive criticism, suggested

improvements (structure, literature, data, method)

• Language: English

Breakdown of grading

9 LP = Total 90 Points:

• Paper - 70 Points

• Presentation/Participation/etc. - 20 Points

The research question should be

• Interesting

• Clear and simple

• Relevant

• Manageable in terms of the available literature, data and methods

• Manageable in terms of your own academic abilities

• Original

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Taking stock

3. Theoretical analysis

4. Literature overview

5. Empirical analysis

6. Policy recommendations

7. Conclusion

Working with literature

Publications:

• Books

• Journal articles

• Working and discussion papers

• Reliable internet resources

• Further publications (like corporate balance sheets)

• Articles in newspapers

Internet searches:

• http://scholar.google.com

• https://ideas.repec.org

• Homepages of the scholars, of the journals, of the research institutes…R

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Literature

• Dutta S, Geiger T, Lanvin B (eds.) (2015) The Global Information Technology Report 2015, ICTs for Inclusive Growth. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_IT_Report_2015.pdf

• IBRD, World Bank, InfoDev, ITU (2011) Telecommunications Regulation Handbook

• IBRD, World Bank (2016) World Developmment Report 2016, Digital Dividends,

• IEG, World Bank, IFC, MIGA (2011) An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies: CapturingTechnology for Development. http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/

• ITU (2014) Measuring the Information Society, Geneva

• Lorenzani D, Varga J (2014) The Economic Impact of Digital StructuralReforms, European Commission Economic Papers 529.

• OECD (2012) OECD Internet Economy Outlook 2012, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264086463-en

• OECD (2013) OECD Communications Outlook 2013, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/comms_outlook-2013-en

• OECD (2015) OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2015 , OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264232440-en

Literature

• OECD (2017) OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017 , OECD Publishing,

Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264276284-en

Journals

• International Economics and Economic Policy:

Special Issue 2007 Digital economy and regulatory issues

Special Issue 2014 Regulatory issues in telecommunications and ICT-

based dynamics in open economies

• Information Economics and Policy

• Telecommunications Policy

• American Economic Review

Internet links and data sources

• OECD www.oecd.org

• ITU http://www.itu.int

• World Bank www.worldbank.org

• European Information Technology Observatory

http://www.eito.com

• Oxford Internet Institute http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk

• BITKOM http://www.bitkom.org

• Global ICT Summit http://www.ict-summit.jp

• EU Digital Agenda https://digital-agenda-data.eu

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