Increasing attention has been paid to the development of internet as an information source and each individual's spending on internet is growing very rapidly. Internet is regarded as one of the most important information sources and development of int...
Increasing attention has been paid to the development of internet as an information source and each individual's spending on internet is growing very rapidly. Internet is regarded as one of the most important information sources and development of internet would enhance the knowledge level of each individual.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the internet demand of individuals with different socioeconomic characteristics by including lifecycle variables explicitly in the individual's maximization problem. The knowledge in which various information sources enter. Internet is an input which increases individual's knowledge. Comparative static analysis has been performed in order to show the causal role of socioeconomic variables in explaining the internet demand.