The intensity and externality effects of information technology investments on national productivity growth

Authors

Jungsoo Park, Sogang University
Seung Kyoon Shin, University of Rhode Island
Hyun Han Shin, Yonsei Maeji School of Business

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

11-1-2007

Abstract

This study investigates the relation between information technology (IT) expenditures and national productivity based on a production estimation approach by using a pooled time-series country-level data set for the period from 1992 to 2000. The results, which confirm the findings of earlier studies on country-level IT investment effect, show IT has significant and positive effects on national productivity growth. We find that IT intensity improves the positive effect of IT investment on national productivity growth and that the existence of IT externalities, through which spillovers of knowledge and innovation occur, may eventually lead to long-run persistent national productivity growth. © 2007 IEEE.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volume

54

Issue

4

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Park, Jungsoo, Seung Kyoon Shin, and Hyun Han Shin. "The intensity and externality effects of information technology investments on national productivity growth." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 54, 4 (2007): 716-728. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2007.906855.