The Frontier of Broadband Adoption Across the OECD: A Comparison of Performance

George Ford, Thomas Koutsky and Lawrence Spiwak

International Economic Journal, 2011, vol. 25, issue 1, 111-123

Abstract: We assess the performance and efficiency of OECD countries with respect to broadband Internet subscription. Using the econometric techniques of Least Squares and Stochastic Frontier Analysis, we estimate scores indicating the efficiency with which a country converts its economic and demographic endowments into broadband subscriptions. With very few exceptions, we find that broadband subscription in OECD countries is consistent with those endowments - about two thirds of OECD countries have an efficiency rate of 90% or better. We find that economic and demographic endowments explain nearly all of the variation in broadband subscriptions (85%). This finding suggests that public policy's role for broadband adoption should be targeted at improving or mitigating the adverse effects of underlying demographic and economic conditions, such as computer ownership and education programs.

Keywords: Internet; OECD; stochastic frontier analysis; broadband; telecommunications; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2010.487540

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