The broadband digital divide and the economic benefits of mobile broadband for rural areas

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 483-502

  Prieger, James E ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Economic development; Fixed broadband; Interval censored Poisson estimation; Mobile broadband; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DIGITAL DIVIDES; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS; FIXED BROADBANDS; MOBILE BROADBAND; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84877741056     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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