Geraci, Andrea; Nardotto, Mattia; Reggiani, Tommaso; … - 2021
We study the impact of broadband penetration on social capital in the UK. Our empirical strategy exploits a … social capital from 1997 to 2017, we show that access to fast Internet caused a significant decline in civic and political … engagement. Overall, our results suggest that broadband penetration crowded out several dimensions of social capital. …