Internet service provision in the U.S. counties: Is spatial pattern a function of demand?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1326-1343

  Khatiwada, Lila K ^a   Pigg, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand factors; Internet diffusion; Rural; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950983236     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210361686     Document Type: Article

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