Economic and Social Benefits of Internet Openness
OECD Digital Economy Series No. 257
110 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Date Written: June 22, 2016
Abstract
This report presents a framework for understanding and analysing Internet openness, the factors that influence it, and its effects. It also presents initial qualitative and quantitative evidence on the effects of Internet openness on trade, innovation and entrepreneurship, and macroeconomic performance, and social wellbeing.
Keywords: internet openness, open internet, fragmentation
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Box, Sarah and West, Jeremy K., Economic and Social Benefits of Internet Openness (June 22, 2016). OECD Digital Economy Series No. 257, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2800227 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2800227
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