Broadband Provision and Knowledge-Intensive Firms: A Causal Relationship?. Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tranos, Emmanouil; Mack, Elizabeth A.
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 50:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 1113
• Page End: 1126
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Internet -- Broadband -- Knowledge-intensive business services -- Granger causality; 网络 -- 宽带 -- 知识密集商业服务 -- 格兰杰因果关係; Internet -- Haut débit -- Entreprises à forte intensité de connaissances -- Tests de causalité au sens de Granger; Internet -- Breitband -- Wissensintensive Geschäftsdienste -- Granger-Kausalität; Internet -- Banda ancha -- Servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos -- Causalidad de Granger; B23 -- C23 -- H54 -- O18; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.965136
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

Abstract : Tranos E. and Mack E. A. Broadband provision and knowledge-intensive firms: a causal relationship?, Regional Studies. Despite the discussions about the importance of the digital economy, we are still far from understanding how information and communication technologies (ICTs) affect economic activity in space. Recent studies have started untangling the spatial economic impact of ICTs, highlighting the potential use of ICTs as a local development tool. This paper contributes to this domain by exploring whether broadband Internet provision can act as an attractor for knowledge-intensive business services in the United States. Using Granger causality tests, this paper addresses the simultaneity issue between broadband Internet demand and supply at the very detailed spatial level of US counties.