Measuring (in a time of crisis) the impact of broadband connections on economic growth: an OECD panel analysis
Technological innovation has Always been considered a major stimulus for economic growth. Highspeed internet access via broadband infrastructure has undergone rapid development since the end of the 1990s, thanks to the deployment of both fixed and mobile technologies. The present study investigates the impact of fixed broadband diffusion as a technological determinant of economic growth on the basis of a panel of 23 OECD countries over 15 years (1996–2010).