The economic impact of broadband on growth: A simultaneous approach

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 471-485

  Koutroumpis, Pantelis ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Critical mass; Economic growth; Simultaneous equations

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE; BROADBAND PENETRATION; CRITICAL MASS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; OECD COUNTRIES; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 69349100317     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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