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Information technology in the 1990s: More footloose or more location‐bound? *
Author(s) -
Sohn Jungyul
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.2004.tb01918.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , statistic , scale (ratio) , regional science , gini coefficient , variable (mathematics) , economic geography , geography , distribution (mathematics) , econometrics , statistics , economics , inequality , mathematics , cartography , economic inequality , mathematical analysis , archaeology
. This article examines whether the growth of information technology (IT) is associated with a dispersion or concentration of economic activities. The locational Gini coefficient and Moran's I are first applied to ascertain the relation‐ ship between the growth of information technology and the distribution pattern of economic activities at the metropolitan scale. Next, using the G* i statistic as the dependent variable and the level of information infrastructure as the independent variable, the above relationship is analysed at an intra‐metropolitan scale. The results suggest that trends at a metropolitan scale do not necessarily reflect the trends at an intra‐metropolitan scale in association.