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  1. A retrospective study of state aid control in the German broadband market
    Published: 2021/2024
    Publisher:  DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin

    We provide an evaluation of the impact of German public subsidy schemes in municipalities of Bavaria and Lower Saxony aimed at supporting the deployment of basic broadband infrastructure in rural Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid... more

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    We provide an evaluation of the impact of German public subsidy schemes in municipalities of Bavaria and Lower Saxony aimed at supporting the deployment of basic broadband infrastructure in rural Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission and may only be granted if the potential market failure is addressed without distorting competition. We first analyse the consequences of the subsidies on reducing the digital divide between urban and rural areas. Second, and more novel, we examine the impact on different measures of competition: market entry and the resulting effect on prices and broadband offerings. We use an instrumental variables (IV) approach based on the interaction between technical features of the programme and political cycles in order to exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the allocation of subsidies. We find that the subsidies significantly increased broadband coverage. More interestingly, the number of internet service providers (ISPs) increased significantly in municipalities that received subsidies, which, in turn, led to a relative increase in the number of local broadband plans and a relative decrease in average prices. Our results show that well-designed state aid need not distort competition and can even enhance it.

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    Edition: 16 August 2024 - This is an updated version of the 2021 discussion paper
    Series: Discussion papers / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung ; 1931
    Subjects: State Aid; Ex-Post Evaluation; Broadband; Coverage; Entry; Competition; Prices
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  2. Drug shortages
    empirical evidence from France
    Published: March 2023
    Publisher:  [Toulouse School of Economics], [Toulouse]

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    Series: Working papers / Toulouse School of Economics ; no 1417
    Subjects: Drug Shortages; Prices; Regulation; Econometrics
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  3. Wage developments in Japan
    four key issues for the post-COVID-19 wage growth

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    Series: Bank of Japan working paper series ; no. 23, E-4 (March 2023)
    Subjects: Wages; Labor market; Prices
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 43 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. Optimal monetary policy with inflation, output and asset price volatility in an open economy
    Published: August, 2023
    Publisher:  African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya

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    ISBN: 9789966612359
    Series: Research paper / African Economic Research Consortium ; 532
    Subjects: Optimal monetary policy; Output fluctuations; Prices; Volatility
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 57 Seiten), Illustrationen