Information Systems Review (경영정보학연구)

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Industrial Economic Growth and IT Investment: Is Economic Growth an Effect of IT Investment, or a Determinant of Decision-making for IT Investment

산업의 경제 성장과 IT 투자: 경제 성장은 IT 투자의 효과인가, 아니면 IT 투자 결정의 요인인가?

  • Sangho Lee (Department of IT Management, Sun Moon University) ;
  • Young U. Ryu (Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas)
  • 이상호 (선문대학교 IT경영학과) ;
  • 유영욱
  • Received : 2016.10.31
  • Accepted : 2017.03.31
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Most studies based on production function theory have concluded that economic growth is a result of information technology (IT) capital use. However, some studies have indicated that economic growth is a determinant of IT investment. To determine if these results also hold at the industry level, we use the Granger causality test to analyze bidirectional causality with industry-level data for 1977~2007 from the United States. The results generally reveal that IT investment causes economic growth in many industries under the concept of Granger causality, that economic growth causes IT investment in some industries, and that IT investment is not associated with economic growth in some industries. In the country-level time-series data made by summing up the IT capital and gross output for each industry, the results do not show any causality between IT investment and economic growth. However, they show bi-directional causality between IT investment and economic growth in the panel data. These results may be a source of IT productivity paradox.

생산함수이론을 이용하는 대부분의 연구는 IT활용의 결과로 경제 성장을 보고 있다. 그러나 몇몇 연구들은 경제 성장을 IT 투자의 결정요인으로 보고 있다. 이러한 결과가 산업 수준에서도 유효한지를 조사하기 위하여, 이 연구는 미국의 1997년부터 2007년까지의 산업 자료를 이용하여 양방향 인과성 분석이 가능한 그레인저 인과성 분석을 수행하였다. 많은 산업에서 IT 투자는 경제 성장에 영향을 주었으며, 몇몇 산업에서 경제 성장이 IT 투자에 영향을 주었으며, 몇몇 산업에서는 IT 투자와 경제 성장은 아무런 영향 관계가 없었다. 산업 수준의 IT자본과 산업총생산을 국가 수준으로 합산한 시계열 자료를 이용한 분석에서는 IT 투자와 경제 성장은 어떠한 영향 관계가 없었으나, 산업 특성과 시간 특성을 고려하는 산업 수준의 패널 자료를 이용한 분석에서는 양방향 인과 관계가 발견되었다. 이러한 결과는 IT 생산성 역설의 이유였을 수도 있다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2013년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 연구되었음(NRF-2013S1A5A8022579).

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