Growth in the "new economy": US bandwidth use and pricing across the 1990s
An acceleration in the growth of communications bandwidth in use and a rapid reduction in bandwidth prices have not accompanied the US economy's strong performance in the second half of the 1990s. Overall US bandwidth in use has grown robustly throughout the 1990s, but growth has not significantly accelerated in the second half of the 1990s. Average prices for US bandwidth in use have fallen little in nominal terms in the second half of the 1990s. Policy makers and policy analysts should recognize that institutional change, rather than more competitors of established types, appears to be key to dramatic improvements in bandwidth growth and prices. Such a development could provide a significant additional impetus to aggregate growth and productivity.
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2001
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Authors: | Galbi, Douglas A. |
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Telecommunications Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0308-5961. - Vol. 25.2001, 1-2, p. 139-154
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Bandwidth New economy Telecommunications |
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