Der Netz-Cent–ein Instrument zur Finanzierung des Breitbandausbaus

Andreas Westermeier ()

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2015, vol. 95, issue 7, 499-503

Abstract: To benefit from the digital revolution, broader investments in the digital infrastructure are needed. But private investments are not sufficient to build up the infrastructure needed for the digital revolution. Especially in rural areas, the return on investments is rather low or negative. The author suggests imposing a fee of e.g. one cent per gigabyte used. The money collected from the consumer would then be used to fund private investments. The fee can be justified with positive external effects. Every internet user benefits from a broad expansion of fast internet connections but does not pay for it. The fee internalises those positive external effects. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: H23; L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10273-015-1855-2

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