The Internet is an efficient information search tool whose growth may have caused a structural change in information … search and acquisition behaviors. This study investigates the effects of growing Internet accessibility on these behaviors … that greater Internet accessibility contributes to increased demand for traditional information sources. That is, a …

proximity-driven knowledge flows. We investigate the effects of increased high-speed Internet access on the role of information … comprehensive set of US public libraries during 2000–2008 provide empirical evidence of complementary growth in Internet access and … the use of public library resources, suggesting that Internet access increases the value of locally accessible information …

Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … limitations. The first approach involves searching for exogenous sources of variation in the access to fast Internet or specific … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This …

This paper analyses the effects of the Internet on the organizations and the markets in the tourism industry. It …

survey microdata on schools’, teachers’ and pupils use of the internet to examine the links between public subsidies …, classroom use of the internet and educational performance. Provision of broadband service under a government scheme was … associated with more than a doubling of teachers’ use of the internet in class after about a two year lag. Better computing …

on the effects of broadband Internet on the housing market in order to quantify the value of broadband access in terms of …. Chapter 5 investigates the effects of a mobile Internet infrastructure upgrade on the take-up of location-based online … Internet infrastructure increases the number of restaurant reviews and the share of reviews written on smartphones. …

growth of Internet traffic is causing their costs to spiral out of control, to the point where their services may no longer … be sustainable. We find that this concern is not well supported by the data. While Internet traffic is certainly …

This paper provides evidence that superior mobile Internet infrastructure increases take-up of location-based online …

on the effects of broadband Internet on the housing market in order to quantify the value of broadband access in terms of …. Chapter 5 investigates the effects of a mobile Internet infrastructure upgrade on the take-up of location-based online … Internet infrastructure increases the number of restaurant reviews and the share of reviews written on smartphones. …

service, such as high-speed broadband access to the Internet. Additionally, existing law imposes a hefty monthly Universal …