Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54978 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-081
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper investigates whether the local infrastructure favours entrepreneurial activities. Besides the physical and knowledge infrastructure we take into account a county's broadband availability by building an index which accounts for county-related specificities. We find that broadband availability fosters entrepreneurial activities particularly in high-tech sectors for which efficient ways of knowledge transfer is crucial.
Subjects: 
broadband provision
physical and knowledge infrastructure
local entrepreneurial activities
JEL: 
O18
L26
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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