of broadband internet in Norwegian firms over the period 2000-2008. We use panel data with information on Norwegian firms … points, and provides plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband internet in firms. We find … that adoption of broadband internet makes trade patterns more sensitive to distance and economic size. Going from no …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use is associated with a … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables and fixed effect estimates show that internet use is associated … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on …

This paper analyzes how household adoption of broadband internet affected traditional print media, using data from the … print media combined with a plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband internet. The … reduction was caused by increased internet adoption. However, we uncover important heterogeneity in the impacts across different …

We study the effects of broadband internet use on the portfolio selection of individual investors. A public program in … Norway provides plausibly exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use … internet seems to induce individual investors to make better financial decisions and hence leads to a "democratization of …

inputs, and product characteristics with plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband internet …, this paper provides causal evidence on how the internet affected the traditional print media market. Household adoption of … broadband internet triggered large reductions in print readership and circulation and equally large increases in online news …

We study the effects of broadband internet use on the investment decisions of individual investors. A public program in … Norway provides plausibly exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use … increase their trading activity in stocks. Overall, access to high-speed internet seems to spur a "democratization of finance …