This paper investigates the impact of broadband availability on economic activity as measured by local employment rates …. Using panel data on broadband coverage in 8,460 West German municipalities for the period from 2005 to 2009, we find, in … local broadband infrastructure. The effect is larger in rural municipalities and is likely to stem from the service sector. …

This note revisits the conjecture that the use of broadband internet lowers transaction costs and thereby inflation …

This note revisits the conjecture that the use of broadband internet lowers transaction costs and thereby inflation …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … question. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points in 2000-2008, and provides plausibly … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables and fixed effect estimates show that internet use is associated …

The United States has asymmetric regulation of the provision of broadband Internet access service. A cable television … taken to abolish asymmetric regulation of ILEC provision of broadband Internet access? The Federal Communications Commission … ILEC provision of broadband Internet access. A third, and more incremental, approach would be for the FCC to declare ILECs …

speeds about 10-30 times higher than dial-up access and are termed broadband Internet access. Although Federal Communication … providers should be required to provide access to competing broadband Internet service providers (ISP's) or whether cable … market power. We answer the question of whether the price of narrowband Internet access constrains the price of broadband …