Meta-Study on the Role of Broadband Internet on Innovation, Productivity and Employment

Meta-Study on the Role of Broadband Internet on Innovation, Productivity and Employment

Client/Allowance

Förderkreis Wissenschaft und Praxis am Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.

Period: 01.01. – 31.10.2016

New ICT services like cloud computing, big data analytics, video on demand, e-health and e-government benefit from exponential growth of processing power and storage capacity. However, these services depend on increasingly powerful broadband infrastructures. The purpose of this project is to provide a multidimensional overview of the current empirical literature on the economic impact of broadband internet. This literature review supports decision-makers to make evidence-based investment decisions.

Unit
Digital Economy

Project members

Thomas Niebel

Thomas Niebel

Project Coordinator
Senior Researcher

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Irene Bertschek

Irene Bertschek

Head

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Kai Hüschelrath

Kai Hüschelrath

Research Associate

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Wolfgang Briglauer

Wolfgang Briglauer

Senior Researcher

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Client/Allowance
Förderkreis Wissenschaft und Praxis am Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung e.V., Mannheim, DE

Selected Publications

The Economic Impacts of Telecommunications Networks and Broadband Internet: A Survey

Bertschek, Irene, Wolfgang Briglauer, Kai Hüschelrath, Benedikt Kauf and Thomas Niebel (2016), The Economic Impacts of Telecommunications Networks and Broadband Internet: A Survey, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-056, Mannheim.

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Contact

Thomas Niebel
Senior Researcher
Dr. Thomas Niebel
Phone +49 (0)621 1235-228
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