AEC's Demand for ICT: Maximum Entropy Bootstrap Approach in Panel Data

Abstract

This paper is preliminary information of some empirical findings based on an analysis demand for ICT by using public access facilities of AEC countries. The purpose of the study is to quantify ICT for well-being development of AEC countries with special emphasis on mobile phone, fixed phones and internet user. The maximum entropy bootstrap approach in panel data was presented that rejected the property of stationary. Moreover, the methodology was stratified both the ergodic theorem and the central limit theorem. Firstly, there is a statistically significant positive nonlinear relationship between endogenous demand for mobile phone and exogenous as (1) the number of AEC population and (2) GDP of AEC countries. Secondly, there is a statistically significant positive nonlinear relationship between endogenous demand for fixed phone and exogenous as (1) the number of AEC population and (2) GDP of AEC countries. Lastly, there is a statistically significant positive nonlinear relationship between endogenous demand for internet user and exogenous as (1) the number of AEC population and (2) GDP of AEC countries. The results confirmed that every one percent increase in the number of AEC population influenced on a decrease of AEC demand for ICT by using public access facilities covering mobile phone, fixed phones and internet user.