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Internet infrastructure and regional convergence: Evidence from Turkey
- Source :
- Papers in Regional Science. 97:387-409
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- This study presents novel evidence regarding the role of regional internet infrastructure in reducing regional per capita income disparities. We base our study on the assumptions that (1) the diffusion of information homogenizes regional economies through reducing the dissimilarities in institutions and culture, and (2) the telecommunication capacity, represented by the internet infrastructure of a region, facilitates this flow of information. Using the data from the 26 statistical NUTS-2 regions of Turkey for the period 1999–2011, we find evidence that internet infrastructure increases the speed of regional convergence.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
business.industry
Diffusion of information
05 social sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
0211 other engineering and technologies
021107 urban & regional planning
Convergence (economics)
02 engineering and technology
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Per capita income
Income convergence
0502 economics and business
Regional science
The Internet
Business
050207 economics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10568190
- Volume :
- 97
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........67a962f90cb0bfe13e51a8a3da84821e