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Paul J. J. Welfens, geb. 1957 in Düren, Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre in Wuppertal, Duisburg und Paris, Promotion 1985, Habilitation1989. Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Schwerpunkt Makroökonomische Theorie und Politik an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; Präsident des Europäischen Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW); Jean-Monnet-Professor für Europäische Wirtschaftsintegration; zuvor Distinguished Research Fellow am AICGS/The Johns Hopkins University, Professor an der Universität Münster bzw. Potsdam, Visiting Alfred Grosser Professor Sciences Po, Paris.

A. Telecommunications and the Internet Boom: Analysis and Economic Perspectives.- 1. Trends in ICT Markets.- 2. Towards a New Economy.- 3. Boom in Telecommunications in the OECD.- 4. Internet Economics and the Digital Divide within the OECD.- 5. Telecoms Modernization, Productivity and Growth.- 6. Computer Lag, Network Fragmentation and Education Deficits: Policy Challenges in a European Perspective.- Appendix I: Accounting for the US Productivity Acceleration in the 1990s.- Appendix II: Relative Price of ICT Capital to Price of Capital and Growth Rates of ICT Capital Formation and Non-ICT Capital Formation in the US.- B. The Internet in Macroeconomic Analysis and Growth Analysis.- 1. Short Term and Long Term Aspects.- 2. The Internet in Macroeconomic Analysis.- 3. Internet, Telecommunications and Economic Growth.- 4. Internet, Innovativeness and the Real Exchange Rate.- 5. Information & Communication Technology and Growth: Some Neglected Dynamic Aspects in Open Digital Economies.- C. Telecommunications Policy in the European Union.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Changes in the Telecommunications Sector.- 3. Traditional and New View of Telecommunications.- 4. Competition in Network Industries.- 5. Regulatory Issues.- Appendix I: Monopoly Versus Competition in International Telephony.- Appendix II: Deregulation Dynamics.- Appendix III: External Effects of Telecoms Network Expansion.- Appendix IV: Transfer of Market Power in Interdependent Markets.- Appendix V: Telecommunications and Trade: Theory, Gravity Equation Analysis and Implications for Economic Policy.- D. Transatlantic Growth Differentials, ICT Dynamics, Fiscal Policy and Innovation Policy.- 1. Euro Weakness and Transatlantic Growth Differentials.- 2. Theoretical Analysis.- 3. Some Long Term Aspects.- 4. Internet, Telecommunications and Innovation.- 5. ICT Dynamics and Economic Policy.- 6. Innovation Policy Challenges.- Appendix I: Data from IMF Economic Outlook 2001 (or website).- Appendix II: A Simple Model of an Economy with Information.- Appendix III: Innovation, Savings and Growth.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- References.