Based on a unique and exhaustive database, including micro-level cross-sectional data on 23 million observations over nine years, from 2009 to 2017, we assess whether broadband quality has an impact on income and unemployment reduction. Overall, the results do not show any significant effect of...

Based on a unique and exhaustive database, including micro-level cross-sectional data on 23 million observations over nine years, from 2009 to 2017, we assess whether broadband quality has an impact on income and unemployment reduction. Overall, the results do not show any significant effect of...

Bronwyn Howell presents Ultrafast Broadband: Feeding a Need for Speed or Funding a Fibre Arms Race? at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TUE) on 15 September 2011.

In this paper, we analyze the specific national broadband plans which have been developed by some European governments to foster the deployment of next generation access networks, namely in France, Italy, and Portugal. In particular, we discuss the strategies adopted to achieve wide fibre...

In this paper, we analyze the specific national broadband plans which have been developed by some European governments to foster the deployment of next generation access networks, namely in France, Italy, and Portugal. In particular, we discuss the strategies adopted to achieve wide fibre...

The ladder of investment was adopted by many European (and other) regulators in the era of copper networks as a means of implementing unbundling in a way which progressively promotes competitive providers׳ infrastructure investment in fixed networks. The paper reviews the evidence of its...

In this paper we present the results of an experimental auction conducted to examine the influence of health and nutritional information on food choice and in particular estimate consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for bread that contains functional ingredients. Employing a sandwich we find that...

This article studies the structural changes in the composition of spun yarn, age of installed spindles and its impact on the efficiency and productivity of spindles. The methodology used here is different than the traditional production function approach. The percentage of excess installed...

While fossil energy prices remain relatively low and agricultural prices are maintained at a relatively high level as a result of production costs, the use of purpose grown crops as a source of fuels requires subsidies, tax support or other financial incentives to be viable. In the short term,...