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 municipalitiesand is likely to stem from the service sector. …

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 municipalitiesand is likely to stem from the service sector. …

productivity studies, econometric studies analyzing the relationship between broadband infrastructure and economic development, and …

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 …

innovation. The paper uses data on the adoption of broadband services comprising a global panel of 167 countries. The effects of … competition is generally not leading to acceleration in broadband diffusion. Second, with respect to intra-platform competition …