Does rural broadband impact jobs and income? Evidence from spatial and first-differenced regressions

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 649-670

  Whitacre, Brian ^a   Gallardo, Roberto ^b   Strover, Sharon ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

O18; R11

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84911967842     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0637-x     Document Type: Article

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