We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel … telephony and computers. -- broadband ; high-speed internet ; technology diffusion ; economic growth …

This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory …

percentage points increase in internet penetration rates. This is a huge increase, meaning that the deployment of these cables … has almost doubled the penetration of Internet in the sub-continent's population. On the other hand, exogenous sources of … internet and mobile penetration rates, to lower investments in ICTs, and to increase mobile-cellular tariffs and the wireline …

19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the idea that Internet access is important in the formation of ICT … skills, and we implement instrumental-variable models that leverage exogenous variation in Internet availability across …. Placebo estimations show that exogenous Internet availability cannot explain numeracy or literacy skills, suggesting that our …

access to an internet connection at work or school are more important than reducing mobile data prices by 10% in driving …

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 …

We evaluate the effects of bundling demand for broadband internet by K-12 schools. In 2014, New Jersey switched from …

the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual … deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with …