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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.59,P.389-420

语言

英文

关键字

L63;L86;R0

作者单位

Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff002;Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff003;Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor001;Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213"}]},"aff002":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff002;Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6"}]},"aff003":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff003;Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor001":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor001

摘要

We provide a framework and evidence to confront two contradictory yet common assertions: (1) new technology such as the Internet favors businesses in urban areas and (2) the Internet reduces the importance of distance for economic activity. Controlling for other factors, we show that participation in the Internet is more likely in rural areas than in urban areas. This is particularly true for technologies that involve communication across establishments. Nevertheless, talk of the dissolution of cities is premature. Frontier Internet technologies for communication within an establishment appear more often at establishments in urban areas, even with industry controls.