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Measuring the Broadband Bonus in Thirty OECD Countries

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  • Shane Greenstein

    (Northwestern University)

  • Ryan McDevitt

    (University of Rochester)

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This paper provides estimates of the economic value created by broadband Internet using measures of new gross domestic product and consumer surplus. The study finds that the economic value created in 30 OECD countries correlates roughly with the overall size of their broadband economies. In addition, price and quality data from the United States suggest that widespread adoption of broadband Internet has occurred without a dramatic decline in prices, which reflects an unobserved increase in broadband quality that conventional government statistics do not capture.

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  • Shane Greenstein & Ryan McDevitt, 2012. "Measuring the Broadband Bonus in Thirty OECD Countries," OECD Digital Economy Papers 197, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:stiaab:197-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9bcwkg3hwf-en
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    2. Binsfeld, Nico & Whalley, Jason & Pugalis, Lee, 2014. "Luxembourg a bastion of state ownership," 25th European Regional ITS Conference, Brussels 2014 101425, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
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    7. Gruber, H. & Hätönen, J. & Koutroumpis, P., 2013. "Broadband access in the EU: An assessment of future economic benefits," 24th European Regional ITS Conference, Florence 2013 88492, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    8. Klaus S. Friesenbichler, 2016. "Österreich 2025 – Hebel zur Förderung von Investitionen in Breitbanddatennetze," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 59100, February.
    9. Klaus S. Friesenbichler, 2016. "Österreich 2025 – Zur Zukunft der Telekommunikationspolitik in Österreich," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 89(12), pages 885-894, December.
    10. Smaranda Pantea & Bertin Martens, 2014. "The Value of the Internet for Consumers," JRC Working Papers on Digital Economy 2014-08, Joint Research Centre.

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