study addresses the question whether the emergence of broadband internet influences economic and social development. The … results indicate that broadband internet indeed positively affects a number of economically and socially meaningful variables …. To address concerns a reverse causality and omitted variables and to identify causal effects of broadband internet …

The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper … Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of users. Designing policies that protect society while allowing for … Internet’s great economic potential to be fulfilled, is a difficult task. This paper investigates this challenge and takes …