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Low latency internet and economic growth : a simultaneous approach
Lüdering, Jochen - 2016
Given the quality of the available data on Internet access across several countries, it is necessary to evaluate … alternative measures to assess the effect of Internet access on economic outcomes. The research at hand builds up on an earlier … paper, which introduced a novel measure of Internet quality. A logical consequence has been to introduce the new indicator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524028
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Low latency internet and economic growth : a simultaneous approach
Lüdering, Jochen - 2016
Given the quality of the available data on Internet access across several countries, it is necessary to evaluate … alternative measures to assess the effect of Internet access on economic outcomes. The research at hand builds up on an earlier … paper, which introduced a novel measure of Internet quality. A logical consequence has been to introduce the new indicator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603835
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The economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet : a survey
Bertschek, Irene; Briglauer, Wolfgang; Hüschelrath, Kai; … - 2016
and broadband internet. Differentiating between wireline and wireless technologies as well as broadband availability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522665
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Stand und Perspektiven der "New Economy" in ausgewählten Mitgliedstaaten der EU aus deutscher Sicht
Vieweg, Hans-Günther; Fuchs, Thomas; Hild, Reinhard; … - 2005
Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Arbeitsbereich Branchenforschung erstellt und im Frühjahr 2005 abgeschlossen. Auftraggeber war das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit. Gegenstand der Studie sind der Stand und die Perspektiven der „New Economy“ in Deutschland sowie ein Vergleich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747524
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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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Comovement and catch-up in productivity across sectors : evidence from the OECD
Cornwell, Christopher Mark; Wächter, Jens-Uwe - 1999
A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined whether departures from the frontier - country-level inefficiencies - exhibit long-run relationships and convergence. The method is applied to 1-digit industries of 14 OECD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466017
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301152
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Growth and structural changes in transition countries : the chicken or the egg?
Olczyk, Magdalena; Kordalska, Aleksandra - 2018
The theoretical analysis of structural changes in the context of economic growth has a long tradition. However, studies which analyze the empirical relationship between these two economic categories are still very rare. In the literature, whether growth causes structural changes or the other way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844751
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Demographics and automation
Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2018
We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular, to more intensive use and development of robots. Using US data, we document that robots substitute for middle-aged workers (those between the ages of (36 and 55). We then show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820230
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Avoiding the middle-income trap : Korean lessons for China?
Murach, Michael; Wagner, Helmut; Kim, Jungsuk; Park, … - 2018 - (This version, October 2018)
We analyze and compare the pattern of economic growth and development of China and South Korea in the postwar period. Geographical proximity and cultural affinity between the two countries, as well as the key role of the developmental state in the economies of both countries, suggests that an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206272