Broadbands contribution to economic growth in rural areas: Moving towards a causal relationship

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1011-1023

  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   (United States)

Author keywords

Average treatment effects; Broadband; Economic growth; Rural

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL;

AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS; BROADBAND; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION; NATIONAL BROADBAND MAPS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84913599460     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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