14:15 - 15:45
New Technology and Entrepreneurship
We study how entrepreneurs respond to investment opportunities created by new technologies. Using the staggered rollout of broadband internet in Norway as a natural experiment, we find that access to the new technology increases startup rates by about 25% without reducing their quality.
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Hans Hvide is a professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Bergen (affiliated with CEPR and University of Aberdeen).
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We study how entrepreneurs respond to investment opportunities created by new technologies. Using the staggered rollout of broadband internet in Norway as a natural experiment, we find that access to the new technology increases startup rates by about 25% without reducing their quality. The effects are strongest in ICT-intensive industries, and treated entrepreneurs are more likely to invest in complementary assets such as computers. Consistent with existing literature, established firms show a more muted response to the new technology. Our findings
suggest that entrepreneurs play a key role in adapting the economy to technological change.
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