The broadband bonus: Estimating broadband Internets economic value

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-632

  Greenstein, Shane ^a   McDevitt, Ryan C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Economic value; Internet; Surplus

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND INTERNET; CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; CONSUMER SURPLUS; COUNTERFACTUALS; ECONOMIC VALUE; ECONOMIC VALUES; NATIONAL POLICIES; POLICY DEBATES; SURPLUS;

COMMERCE; ESTIMATION; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 79959359513     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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