Deployment of broadband, particularly, FTTx, is now one of major policy objectives in many countries, including Japan …, Korea, and the U.S., for example. The U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which aimed at providing 100 million … households with access to 100 Mbps broadband services by 2020. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical analysis to …

Deployment of broadband for everyone has become a major policy objective in many countries, including Japan and the U ….S. Recently, the U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which is aimed at providing 100 million households with access to 100 … Mbps broadband services by 2020. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical analysis to identify factors …

effect of infrastructure-based competition between xDSL broadband and cable-TV broadband subscriptions on investments. We use … inputs to the policy debate on broadband promotion. …

nine years, from 2009 to 2017, we assess whether broadband quality has an impact on income and unemployment reduction … a substitution effect between low-skilled workers and broadband in smaller cities, we also show that broadband quality … negative effect of broadband quality on both the median income and the unemployment rate in areas having a higher proportion of …

extracted as by-product of copper and nickel. A multiregional input-output (MRIO) model for 20 world regions and 163 commodities …, and constant background import shares. A dynamic stock model of regional reserves for seven different types of copper … copper and nickel ore flows would be sufficient to match global cobalt demand. When simulating a hypothetical sudden supply …

This Working Paper presents a brief but comprehensive graphical overview of copper contained in international trade …, from copper concentrates through to finished products. Extensive data checks and a simple consolidation method were … 2014 is used here to follow the global journey of copper from mine to final users. …

increasing demand for metals like copper and lithium due to the growth in renewable energies and electromobility, metal abundant …