Applied Economics in the Digital Era

James Alleman is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado – Boulder and a Senior Fellow at Columbia Institute of Tele-Information (CITI), Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA. Paul N. Rappoport is Professor Emeritus at the Temple University, Fox School of Business, USA. Dr. Rappoport earned his PhD in Economics from Ohio State University. Mohsen Hamoudia is Head of Strategy and Market Intelligence of Large Accounts Division within Orange Business Services, France.

• Chapter 1. Civilizations.- Part I. Applied Econometrics.- Chapter 2. A Different Approach to Deriving Price and Income Elasticities: Applications to Telecommunications.- Chapter 3. A Cross-Country Analysis of ICT: Diffusion & Global Competitiveness.- Chapter 4. Adoption of E-Commerce by Individuals and Digital Divide: Evidence from Spain.- Part II. Forecasting.- Chapter 5. Powerful Tests for Predictive Accuracy with an Application to Economic Growth Based on Broadband Infrastructure.- Chapter 6. Modelling Internet Diffusion across Tourism Sectors.- Chapter 7. Exploring Drivers of Online Political Participation in the European Union.- Chapter 8. Machine Learning and Forecasting: A Review.- Chapter 9. Stated Consumer Behavior with D-Efficient Choice Set Designs: The Case of Mobile Service Bundles.- Part III. Governance of the Internet.- Chapter 10. Platforms with Restrictive Licensing.- Chapter 11. QoS Investment, Vertical Integration and Regulation of the Internet.- Chapter 12. Operations of Internet Platform Intermediaries.- Chapter 13. Escalating Instability of Network Neutrality Policy in the U.S.- Chapter 14. Multi-Sided Markets and Platform Dominance.