Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
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- Canzian, Giulia & Poy, Samuele & Schüller, Simone, 2015. "Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 9429, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
broadband internet; firm performance; quasi experiment; regional development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2015-10-25 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-EUR-2015-10-25 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-ICT-2015-10-25 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-URE-2015-10-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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