@article{Suessspeck:332573,
      recid = {332573},
      author = {Suessspeck, Sascha and Adams, Philip and Hinton, Kerry and  Walmsley, Terrie},
      title = {Economic, Energy and Carbon Footprint Impact of  Australia's National Broadband Network},
      address = {2015},
      pages = {59},
      year = {2015},
      note = {Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Melbourne, Australia},
      abstract = {This study attempts to quantify the economic and  environmental impact of the National Broadband Network  (NBN) being deployed in Australia. Three key features  underpin the results presented in this paper. First, the  economic situation in Australia in the long run without the  NBN was compared with the economic situation in Australia  with the NBN. Second, nowhere in the analysis was it  assumed that there is a benefit in providing broadband  access per se. Instead, a range of new services that have  well-attested economic benefits were included. Third, the  study relies on a wellfounded comparative static computable  general equilibrium (CGE) economic model of the Australian  economy to assess the effects of the NBN in the short and  long run. We find that in a typical shortrun year during  the construction of the NBN, economic activities increase  predominantly in the construction and related industries.  The results suggest no net increase in domestic greenhouse  gas (GHG) emissions in the short run. In a typical long-run  year post NBN deployment, the continued increase in  economic activity results in GHG emissions going up more  significantly than during NBN deployment. Achieving a  reduction in domestic GHG emissions will require  appropriate policy implementation specifically targeting  GHG emissions to complement the introduction of ubiquitous  broadband in the form of the NBN in Australia. Subject to  the cost of domestic abatement policies and purchasing  overseas permits, the environmental impact of the NBN in  monetary terms can be compensated by economic welfare gains  if the expected bandwidth requirements of services included  in this study are sufficiently large.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332573},
}