Does broadband internet infrastructure mitigate firm-level economic policy uncertainty? Evidence from the Broadband China Pilot Policy

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111325

Bin Wang , Liang Wang , Bairong Gong , Zhengwei Yan , Pan Hu

引用次数: 1

Abstract

We propose the firm-level economic policy uncertainty (FEPU) index to measure the economic policy uncertainty faced by individual firms. Then, we consider the “Broadband China Pilot Policy” as a quasi-experiment and examine the effect of broadband internet infrastructure on FEPU. We find that broadband internet infrastructure exerts negative impacts on FEPU.

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宽带互联网基础设施能否缓解企业层面经济政策的不确定性?来自宽带中国试点政策的证据

我们提出了企业层面的经济政策不确定性指数来衡量单个企业面临的经济政策的不确定性。然后，我们将“宽带中国试点政策”视为一个准实验，并考察了宽带互联网基础设施对FEPU的影响。我们发现宽带互联网基础设施对FEPU产生了负面影响。

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来源期刊

Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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