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Go for gigabit? : first evidence on economic benefits of (ultra-)fast broadband technologies in Europe
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Gugler, Klaus - 2018
The literature on the effects of telecommunications infrastructure investments find positive macroeconomic effects, however, it is severely constrained because it could hitherto only analyze investment up to "basic" broadband but not up to the newer generations of "fast" and "ultra-fast"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821080
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Real convergence in the euro area : a long-term perspective
Díaz del Hoyo, Juan L.; Dorrucci, Ettore; Heinz, … - 2017
In the euro area, there is mixed evidence that the GDP per capita of lower-income economies has been catching up with that of higher-income economies since the start of monetary union. The significant real convergence performance of some of the most recent members contrasts with that of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011755500
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Catching Up and Catch-Up Effect : Economic Growth in Post-Communist Europe (Lessons from the European Union and the Eastern Partnership States)
Papava, Vladimer - 2018
The article discusses the economic growth models in post-Communist countries of European Union and Eastern Partnership states. According to the combinatorial augmentation concept, there are new combinations for which the resources for old combinations are practically useless as they require the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910780
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Real Convergence in the Euro Area : A Long-Term Perspective
Diaz del Hoyo, Juan Luis - 2017
In the euro area, there is mixed evidence that the GDP per capita of lower-income economies has been catching up with that of higher-income economies since the start of monetary union. The significant real convergence performance of some of the most recent members contrasts with that of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941989
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Speeding Up the Internet : Regulation and Investment in European Fiber Optic Infrastructure
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2018
heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934097
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Speeding Up the Internet : Regulation and Investment in European Fiber Optic Infrastructure
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2017
heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951112
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New economy in Europe : reality or mirage?
Stobbe, Antje - 2001
's position with respect to the new-economy phenomenon. Section III classifies the internet as a new general purpose technology … (GPT). The prerequisites for the structural change induced by the internet on the micro-level are analysed in Section IV …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504302
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Regulatory Approaches to Net Neutrality in Europe and Beyond
Daly, Angela - 2014
Net neutrality, the principle of non-discrimination by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) between different kinds of … Internet traffic and non-restriction of legal content, sites and platforms, has become increasingly prominent in … promotion of competition (for the economic welfare of consumers), and protect and enhance Internet users' rights (especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191319
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Go for Gigabit? First Evidence on Economic Benefits of (Ultra-)Fast Broadband Technologies in Europe
Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2017
The literature on the effects of telecommunications infrastructure investments find positive macroeconomic effects, however, it is severely constrained because it could hitherto only analyze investment up to “basic” broadband but not up to the newer generations of “fast” and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951467
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Nested stochastic possibility frontiers with heterogeneous capital inputs
Erber, Georg; Madlener, Reinhard - 2007
This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of the U.S. at the macroeconomic level. The stochastic possibility frontiers approach of Battese and Coelli (1992) applied here is used to identify neutralities or non-neutralities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264965