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外文翻译 原文 THE CONTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO ECONOMIC GROWTH INNINEOECD COUNTRIES Material Source: OECD Economic Study, 2002 Author: Alessandra Colecchia and Paul Schreyer Abstract This paper is based on Colecchia (2001) which updates and extends an OECD study on the contribution of ICT to output growth in the G7countries (Schreyer, 2000) in several significant ways. First, the study covers software as an ICT asset. This reflects the recognition of software as an intangible investment good in the System of National Accounts1993 (SNA93). Second, ICT investment series are as far as possible based on official statistics, while Schreyer (2000) had to rely on private source data. Third, the set of countries has been extended to cover two additional countries, Australia and Finland. In addition, the analysis covers the second half of the1990s which has been a period of significant interest regarding the role of ICT. Key words: ICT；investment；output growth INTRODUCTION Recently, OECD (2001a) examined sources of and differences in growth patterns between OECD countries and concluded that one factor that has become increasingly important is information and communication technology (ICT). Some of the effects of ICT, in conjunction with macroeconomic policies are well-documented for the United States which witnessed strong growth over an unusually long expansion, 1992-00. The present work aims at quantifying the contribution of ICTS to output growth in the United States and in several other OECD countries. In particular, it examines the role of ICT as a source of capital services, delivering inputs to the production process. This is different from an output perspective where the primary concern is the role of ICT-producing industries in the economy. ICT is often embodied in other, non-ICT capital goods ¨For example semiconductors are part of assembly lines. Here, ICT plays a role as an intermediate input to capital g