Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-026 // 2019

    A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties

    There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Path dependencies versus efficiencies in regulation: Evidence from “old” and “new” broadband markets in the EU

    This paper examines the determinants of sector-specific regulation imposed on broadband markets related both to efficiency objectives of regulators and to those of narrowly defined interest groups. We test…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-023 // 2019

    Net Neutrality Regulation: Much Ado About Nothing?

    The economics literature on Net Neutrality (NN) has been largely critical of NN regulation on the basis of theoretical findings that NN violations can be both welfare improving and welfare deteriorating,…

  4. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2019

    1. Quartal 2019

    • Stimmung in der Informationswirtschaft trübt sich weiter ein
    • Unternehmen nutzen Cloud Computing inzwischen auf breiter Front