Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Falck, Oliver; … - 2018
We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid programme for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the … that aided municipalities have – depending on broadband quality – between 18.4 and 25.4 percentage points higher broadband … coverage than non-aided municipalities. This increase in broadband coverage, closing the digital divide, results in an average …