BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
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 cable TV ne...
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| Volume: | 121 |
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| Main Author: |
Nina Czernich
Oliver Falck Tobias Kretschmer Ludger Woessmann |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Zielgruppe: |
Trade Academic |
| Place of publication: |
Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01.05.2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd OXFORD UNIV PRESS Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
| published in: | The Economic journal (London) Vol. 121; no. 552; pp. 505 - 532 |
| Data of publication: | 20110501 |
| ISSN: |
0013-0133 1468-0297 |
| EISSN: |
1468-0297 |
| Discipline: | Economics |
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Corresponding author: Nina Czernich, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Poschingerstr. 5, 81679 Munich, Germany. Email czernich@ifo.de The research underlying this article has been partially supported by Deutsche Telekom AG. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Deutsche Telekom AG. Comments by the editor Steve Machin, two anonymous referees, Matthias Doepke, Michal Grajek, Mario Larch, Monika Piazzesi, Martin Schneider, Michèle Tertilt, seminar participants at Bruegel, Brussels, participants at the Royal Economic Society Conference in Surrey, the Econometric Society World Congress in Shanghai, the European Economic Society Congress in Glasgow and the German Economic Association Congress in Kiel are gratefully acknowledged. Pia Unte provided capable research assistance. . |
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