Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption
A large fraction of the total supply of paper is produced with technologies that have serious adverse consequences on the environment and cause significant health problems, such as cancer. This paper reports on how Internet adoption affects paper c...
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okr-10986-193602021-04-23T14:03:51Z Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption Andres, Luis Zentner, Alejandro Zentner, Joaquin ABSORBENT PAPER BILLING BOXBOARD CANCER CHEMICAL PULP CHLORINE DIOXIDE CLEAN AIR ACT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DIGITAL DIOXINS E-COMMERCE ECONOMICS EFFLUENTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTAL CHLORINE EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTES HEALTH PROBLEMS HYDROGEN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS KRAFT PULP KRAFT PULPING LABOR FORCE MECHANICAL PAPER MEDIA METALS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEWSPRINT OIL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PACKAGING PAPER PAPER CONSUMPTION PAPER DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PAPER MILL PAPER MILLS PAPER PRODUCTION PAPER PRODUCTS PAPERBOARD PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS PERSONAL COMPUTERS POLLUTION PRICE ELASTICITIES PUBLISHING PULP PULP MILLS PULP PRODUCTION PULPS READING SANITARY PAPER SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASPECTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TREES UNCOATED PAPER WASTE WATER WATER CONSUMPTION WOOD WOOD PULP WRAPPING PAPER WRITING PAPER A large fraction of the total supply of paper is produced with technologies that have serious adverse consequences on the environment and cause significant health problems, such as cancer. This paper reports on how Internet adoption affects paper consumption. The study used country-level panel data on Internet penetration and paper consumption disaggregated into various paper categories. The empirical strategy is to use fixed-effect models to study whether countries with faster Internet penetration growth have experienced faster declines in paper consumption. The analysis finds that Internet penetration significantly decreases aggregate paper consumption. Further, the estimates show that Internet growth reduces consumption for the paper categories that are more likely to be affected by the diffusion of the Internet (paper used to print newspapers and books and magazines), whereas the growth of the Internet does not have a statistically significant impact on a paper category unlikely to be affected by the Internet (such as sanitary paper). 2014-08-15T16:09:16Z 2014-08-15T16:09:16Z 2014-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19760469/measuring-effect-internet-adoption-paper-consumption http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19360 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6965 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ABSORBENT PAPER BILLING BOXBOARD CANCER CHEMICAL PULP CHLORINE DIOXIDE CLEAN AIR ACT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DIGITAL DIOXINS E-COMMERCE ECONOMICS EFFLUENTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTAL CHLORINE EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTES HEALTH PROBLEMS HYDROGEN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS KRAFT PULP KRAFT PULPING LABOR FORCE MECHANICAL PAPER MEDIA METALS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEWSPRINT OIL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PACKAGING PAPER PAPER CONSUMPTION PAPER DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PAPER MILL PAPER MILLS PAPER PRODUCTION PAPER PRODUCTS PAPERBOARD PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS PERSONAL COMPUTERS POLLUTION PRICE ELASTICITIES PUBLISHING PULP PULP MILLS PULP PRODUCTION PULPS READING SANITARY PAPER SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASPECTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TREES UNCOATED PAPER WASTE WATER WATER CONSUMPTION WOOD WOOD PULP WRAPPING PAPER WRITING PAPER |
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ABSORBENT PAPER BILLING BOXBOARD CANCER CHEMICAL PULP CHLORINE DIOXIDE CLEAN AIR ACT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DIGITAL DIOXINS E-COMMERCE ECONOMICS EFFLUENTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTAL CHLORINE EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTES HEALTH PROBLEMS HYDROGEN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS KRAFT PULP KRAFT PULPING LABOR FORCE MECHANICAL PAPER MEDIA METALS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEWSPRINT OIL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PACKAGING PAPER PAPER CONSUMPTION PAPER DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PAPER MILL PAPER MILLS PAPER PRODUCTION PAPER PRODUCTS PAPERBOARD PAPERBOARD PRODUCTS PERSONAL COMPUTERS POLLUTION PRICE ELASTICITIES PUBLISHING PULP PULP MILLS PULP PRODUCTION PULPS READING SANITARY PAPER SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASPECTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TREES UNCOATED PAPER WASTE WATER WATER CONSUMPTION WOOD WOOD PULP WRAPPING PAPER WRITING PAPER Andres, Luis Zentner, Alejandro Zentner, Joaquin Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6965 |
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A large fraction of the total supply of
paper is produced with technologies that have serious
adverse consequences on the environment and cause
significant health problems, such as cancer. This paper
reports on how Internet adoption affects paper consumption.
The study used country-level panel data on Internet
penetration and paper consumption disaggregated into various
paper categories. The empirical strategy is to use
fixed-effect models to study whether countries with faster
Internet penetration growth have experienced faster declines
in paper consumption. The analysis finds that Internet
penetration significantly decreases aggregate paper
consumption. Further, the estimates show that Internet
growth reduces consumption for the paper categories that are
more likely to be affected by the diffusion of the Internet
(paper used to print newspapers and books and magazines),
whereas the growth of the Internet does not have a
statistically significant impact on a paper category
unlikely to be affected by the Internet (such as sanitary paper). |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Andres, Luis Zentner, Alejandro Zentner, Joaquin |
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Andres, Luis Zentner, Alejandro Zentner, Joaquin |
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Andres, Luis |
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Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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Measuring the Effect of Internet Adoption on Paper Consumption |
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measuring the effect of internet adoption on paper consumption |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19760469/measuring-effect-internet-adoption-paper-consumption http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19360 |
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