Duso, Tomaso; Nardotto, Mattia; Seldeslachts, Jo - 2021
broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission …. In this study, we do not only analyse whether the aid was effective in solving a market failure - low broadband coverage … aid significantly increased broadband coverage. More importantly, we find that the number of internet providers has …