It is still an open question whether increasing life expectancy as such causes higher health care expenditures (HCE) in a population. According to the “red herring” hypothesis, the positive correlation between age and HCE is exclusively due to the fact that mortality rises with age and a...

Abstract We provide a structured overview of the quantitative research on the economic impacts of broadband internet. Differentiating between wireline and wireless technologies as well as broadband availability and broadband adoption, respectively, we review studies investigating the impacts on...

This paper assesses whether current policy environments are appropriate for the emergence of cloud computing technology. In particular, this research uses firm level data for Germany and the United Kingdom to examine the impact of capital incentive programmes (a common policy present in most...