Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth

Czernich, Nina; Falck, Oliver; Kretschmer, Tobias; Woessmann, Ludger

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02420.x

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“…Some studies analyse the contribution of the internet to productivity. At the macro level, Koutroumpis (2009) andCzernich et al (2011) show that broadband internet has a positive and statistically significant impact on both productivity and growth in OECD countries. 2 Using a novel data set at the meso-level, Hagsten (forthcoming) finds a positive and significant relationship between labour productivity and the share of broadband-enabled employees in firms with the strength of relationships varying considerably across countries and industries.…”

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Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use

Bertschek

Niebel

2016

Telecommunications Policy

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. Mobile and More Productive? Firm-Level Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Mobile Internet UseIrene Bertschek * Thomas Niebel † This Version December 2015 First Version December 2013Abstract Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place.We analyse whether employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set contains 2143 German firms and refers to the year 2014, when high-speed mobile internet was still at a relatively early stage of diffusion within firms. The econometric analysis shows that firms' labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile internet access. Our instrumental variables approach reveals that mobile internet use does cause higher labour productivity.Keywords: Mobile Internet, Labour Productivity, Firm-Level Data. JEL Classification

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Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use

Bertschek

Niebel

2016

Telecommunications Policy

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“…For example, the quality of life of residential users can be positively impacted by broadband services usage in cases where access to broadband services enables easier performance of everyday activities or the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. Moreover, a positive relation between the increase of broadband penetration rates and economic growth is indicated [3]. This positive relation is especially strong when a critical mass of infrastructure is present, as is noted, for instance, in [4].…”

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“…Regarding the fact that for the model assessment process in the created test scenario, the selected delta parameters values change in increments of 0.5 in the range of -1 to 1, where '1' represents a 100% increase in value, '0' represents no change in the initially determined value, and '-1' (1,1) UK (2,1) UK (1,3) UK (2,3) D UK (1,2) UK (2,2) UK (1,4) UK (2,4) Univ Access Inf Soc There are many combinations of delta parameters values that result in the 'DD' strategy, from which the operators may choose the most appropriate values for the given case. In the given case study, the relations between the range of the chosen delta parameters' values and the complexity of the resulting classification tree have been considered.…”

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A framework for optimal techno-economic assessment of broadband access solutions and digital inclusion of rural population in global information society

Križanović

Žagar

Grgić

2017

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Broadband solutions, i.e., broadband technologies and services, offer users numerous benefits. However, inequalities related to the levels of broadband solutions' deployment and adoption between rural and urban areas, i.e., the digital divide, remain a consequential problem worldwide. To reduce the digital divide, the issues related to the deployment and usage of broadband solutions in rural areas are analysed in this paper. To define optimal strategies for the deployment and adoption of rural broadband solutions, the application of an extended technoeconomic assessment process is considered. Therefore, an additional framework that extends the structure of standard techno-economic models is proposed, and its detailed overview is given. Within the framework, the regression analyses of factors relevant to broadband solutions deployment and adoption in rural areas are defined. The results of conducted analyses are used in the standard techno-economic modelling process. Finally, the efficiency of framework usage in techno-economic assessment process and in finding optimal broadband solutions is demonstrated for a case study rural scenario.

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“…However, regarding communications markets and broadband markets, in particular, one can first argue that the "Averch-Johnson" effect (too much capital employed) can be expected to be small because service-based as well as infrastructure-based competition has already transformed legacy monopoly-like market structures into more competitive market structures since the beginning of liberalization and sectorspecific regulation. Second, as argued convincingly in the empirical literature (e.g., Czernich et al (2011); Koutroumpis (2009) ;Röller and Waverman (2001); Thompson and Garbacz (2007)), one can expect substantial positive externalities related to broadband infrastructures that are not captured in the markets. incorporates investment data in physical units at the EU27 country-level.…”

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Facility- and service-based competition and investment in fixed broadband networks: Lessons from a decade of access regulations in the European Union member states

Briglauer

Gugler

Haxhimusa

2016

Telecommunications Policy

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This paper employs firm-level panel data of 57 incumbent and entrant firms for 23European countries in the decade from 2003 to 2012. We examine the impact of service-and facility-based competition on firm level investment as well as the strategic effects underlying infrastructure investment decisions. At the same time we explicitly model the structural dynamics of broadband investment using dynamic panel estimation techniques. We find that facility-based competition exerts a positive and significant impact on both incumbents and entrants implying that incumbents' and entrants' investment decisions are strategic complements. Moreover, this strategic complementarity is much more pronounced with respect to the entrants. Finally, we show that service-based competition appears to have no significant impact on the investment decision of incumbents and entrants and that there is no supportive evidence for the so-called "ladder of investment" hypothesis. With respect to the later phase of market regulation, service-based competition exerts a negative impact on entrants' investment.

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Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth

Cited by 951 publications

References 63 publications

Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use

Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use

A framework for optimal techno-economic assessment of broadband access solutions and digital inclusion of rural population in global information society

Facility- and service-based competition and investment in fixed broadband networks: Lessons from a decade of access regulations in the European Union member states

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