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Variations in the Broadband‐Business Connection across the Urban Hierarchy
Author(s) -
Mack Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12095
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , hierarchy , urban hierarchy , economic geography , linkage (software) , broadband , regional science , the internet , geography , internet access , business , telecommunications , economics , sociology , computer science , population , demography , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , world wide web , market economy , gene
This study estimates econometric models to evaluate the linkage between broadband Internet connections and firms in counties across the urban hierarchy within the continental U . S . Industry‐related variations in this relationship are also explored using varied definitions of the urban hierarchy. Model results indicate broadband presence in remote areas is not an explanatory factor of establishment presence. Results also suggest the manner in which the urban hierarchy is defined matters. Traditional metropolitan/nonmetropolitan and urban/rural splits of locales are insufficient to capture the geographic and industrial nuances behind this relationship.