DocumentCode
296655
Title
Geographic variation in Internet connectivity
Author
Froeb, Luke M. ; Oliver, Richard W. ; Weiskopf, David A.
Author_Institution
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
3-6 Jan 1996
Firstpage
480
Abstract
This paper presents a measure of Internet “connectivity” (number of connected companies per capita) normalized by the economic “size” of areas in the United States. We use cross sectional variation in connectivity to test some hypotheses about technology adoption. We find that areas in the South and Midwest have below average connectivity. Connectivity is also related to the living “attractiveness” of an area
Keywords
Internet; information industry; socio-economic effects; Internet connectivity; United States; companies; cross sectional variation; economic; geographic variation; technology adoption; Area measurement; Business; Cities and towns; Costs; Economic forecasting; Explosives; Internet; Size measurement; Technology forecasting; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,
Conference_Location
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7324-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.1996.495435
Filename
495435
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