This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …

We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel …

Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … between infrastructure and economic growth. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on … infrastructure investment in telecommunications and the electricity sectors has a robust positive effect on long-term growth (but not …

manufacturing. Finally, we find evidence consistent with the hypothesis that national infrastructure (i.e., transport …-related infrastructure and rail lines) can alleviate the lagging behind of landlocked regions. …

Recent and ongoing investments into telecommunications infrastructure have facilitated the repeated waves of … into telecoms infrastructure and how. One widely discussed proposal (made, for example, by ETNO, the European Telecom … through the telecom infrastructure to compensate infrastructure providers by way of a lump sum. I discuss and evaluate this …

outline a promising alternative. We propose that governments should treat the broadband infrastructure as a public …

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure … types of infrastructure spending and linkages between the final and intermediate goods sectors. We find that infrastructure … multipliers above unity if infrastructure spending and rising public debt are financed by consumption, dividend and labour income …