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Si quieres que tu casa se revalorice, instala fibra optica

5 August 2014

In translation:

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) along with the Imperial College Business School have conducted a curious study that analyzed the evolution of the price of more than one million homes in the United Kingdom over 15 years.
What conclusions have been obtained? Because that apart from housing bubbles, homes with better Internet connection is put on sale for a higher price. For the study they have compared homes in the same area with similar features but with different qualities and speed access to Internet.

This article was published by Xataka on August 5, 2014
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Related publications
'Speed 2.0. Evaluating Access to Universal Digital Highways', Gabriel M. Ahfeldt, Pantelis Koutroumpis and Tommaso Valletti, SERC Discussion Paper No.161, July 2014

Related links
Gabriel Ahlfeldt webpage
SERC website

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