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dc.contributor.authorIoannides, Yannis M.en
dc.contributor.authorOverman, Henry G.en
dc.contributor.authorRossi-Hansberg, Estebanen
dc.contributor.authorSchmidheiny, Kurten
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-27-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:15:51Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:15:51Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26094-
dc.description.abstractTwo innovations in the last century have changed dramatically the cost of communicating and transmitting information: The first is the widespread adoption of telephony; the second is the internet. We study the implications of these changes in ICT for urban structure. We find robust evidence that increases in the number of telephone lines per capita lead to a more concentrated distribution of city sizes and so correspondingly to more dispersion in the distribution of economic activity in space. The evidence on internet usage is more speculative, although it goes in the same direction. This empirical result is rationalized in a theoretical model.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2049en
dc.subject.jelR0en
dc.subject.jelR1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwStadtgeographieen
dc.subject.stwSiedlungsstrukturen
dc.subject.stwInformationstechniken
dc.subject.stwTelefonen
dc.subject.stwInterneten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleThe effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn538342498en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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