Inflation and Broadband Revisited. Evidence from an OECD Panel

This note revisits the conjecture that the use of broadband internet lowers transaction costs and thereby inflation. Using a macroeconomic panel of OECD countries, it roughly confirms previous findings reported by Yi and Choi (2005) by addressing conceptual and econometric issues.
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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:WIFO Working Papers
1. Verfasser: Klaus S. Friesenbichler
Format: paper
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2016
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Zusammenfassung:This note revisits the conjecture that the use of broadband internet lowers transaction costs and thereby inflation. Using a macroeconomic panel of OECD countries, it roughly confirms previous findings reported by Yi and Choi (2005) by addressing conceptual and econometric issues.
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  • 15 pages