We examine the effect of internet diffusion on the uptake of an important public health intervention: the measles …, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. We study England between 2000 and 2011 when internet diffusion spread rapidly and there was … a high profile medical article (falsely) linking the MMR vaccine to autism. OLS estimates suggest internet diffusion led …

We empirically study the effects of broadband internet diffusion on local election outcomes and on local government … policies using rich data from the U.K. Our analysis suggests that the internet has displaced other media with greater news …

Unresolved regulatory issues, particularly those relating to interconnection agreements, hamper progress in Internet …

We empirically study the effects of broadband internet diffusion on local election outcomes and on local government … policies using rich data from the U.K. Our analysis suggests that the internet has displaced other media with greater news …