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Universities exert a positive impact on the development of a region. They increase employment in high-tech and knowledgeintensive industries and raise long-term wages. Research results from universities are the basis for technological progress, new products, and start-ups. Framework conditions...
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Die volkswirtschaftlichen Effekte von Hochschulgründungen sind nicht einfach nachzuweisen, weil die Richtung der Kausalität zunächst nicht klar ist. Die vorliegende Studie konzentriert sich auf Ergebnisse von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, welche dieses Problem lösen und tatsächlich die...
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This paper addresses the question of how the competitive situation in the downstream market, the services, and the innovative activity in the upstream market, the network infrastructure, interact. The focus is on the vertical structure of the telecommunication market, which is analysed in the...
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Moderne Kommunikationsnetze tragen zur Verbreitung von Wissen und Information bei und sind daher für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung von Industrienationen wie Deutschland von zentraler Bedeutung. Insbesondere stellt der Umbau der Netzarchitektur vom traditionellen vermittelten Sprachtelefonnetz...
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We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental-variable model derives its non-linear first stage from a logistic diffusion model where pre-existing voice-telephony and...
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Previous studies found the introduction of the today well established media radio and television to affect political participation. This paper evaluates the effect of the relatively recent introduction of a new medium, broadband internet. OLS resultssuggest a positive association between DSL...
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