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The impact of broadband connection on regional productivity
| Resumo: | Over the years, internet access and its impact are a constantly debated topic and is gaining more and more importance. In this sense, we intend to analyse the impact that Internet access has on productivity. Gross Value Added (GVA) can be defined as output minus intermediate consumption. Additionally, the sum of GVA over all industries or sectors plus taxes on products minus subsidies on products gives the gross domestic product. Several models were built, controlling different variables such as internet access and medium and high voltage electricity consumption, for example. These models were estimated using three alternative econometric techniques: OLS, Fixed Effects and Random Effects. Therefore, the database created for the study, from 2013 until 2018, has data at the municipal level and literature reviewed reveals that there are positive effects. In this sense, this finding will be verified, using a methodology based on panel data with fixed effects. Finally, there will be a distinction between low- and high-density territories. It is concluded that there is a positive impact on productivity when internet accesses are analysed, mainly in non-residential accesses. |
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| Autores principais: | Cunha, Francisca Nogueira da |
| Assunto: | Broadband Municipalities Portugal Productivity GVA Banda larga Municípios Produtividade VAB |
| Ano: | 2021 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Over the years, internet access and its impact are a constantly debated topic and is gaining more and more importance. In this sense, we intend to analyse the impact that Internet access has on productivity. Gross Value Added (GVA) can be defined as output minus intermediate consumption. Additionally, the sum of GVA over all industries or sectors plus taxes on products minus subsidies on products gives the gross domestic product. Several models were built, controlling different variables such as internet access and medium and high voltage electricity consumption, for example. These models were estimated using three alternative econometric techniques: OLS, Fixed Effects and Random Effects. Therefore, the database created for the study, from 2013 until 2018, has data at the municipal level and literature reviewed reveals that there are positive effects. In this sense, this finding will be verified, using a methodology based on panel data with fixed effects. Finally, there will be a distinction between low- and high-density territories. It is concluded that there is a positive impact on productivity when internet accesses are analysed, mainly in non-residential accesses. |
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