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Inflation and Broadband Revisited. Evidence from an OECD Panel

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This note revisits the conjecture that the use of broadband internet lowers transaction costs and thereby inflation. Using a macroeconomic panel of OECD countries, it roughly confirms previous findings reported by Yi and Choi (2005) by addressing conceptual and econometric issues.

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  • Klaus Friesenbichler, 2016. "Inflation and Broadband Revisited. Evidence from an OECD Panel," WIFO Working Papers 527, WIFO.
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