TY  - JOUR
AU  - Forman,Chris
AU  - Goldfarb,Avi
AU  - Greenstein,Shane
TI  - How did Location Affect Adoption of the Commercial Internet? Global Village, Urban Density, and Industry Composition
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 9979
PY  - 2003
Y2  - September 2003
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9979
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9979.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Avi Goldfarb
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
105 St George St
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
E-Mail: agoldfarb@rotman.utoronto.ca

Shane Greenstein
The Elinor and Wendell Hobbs Professor
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL  60208-2013
Tel: 847/467-5672
Fax: 847/467-1777
E-Mail: greenstein@kellogg.northwestern.edu
AB  - The authors test opposing theories on how urban locations influenced the diffusion of Internet technology. They find evidence that, controlling for industry, participation in the Internet is more likely in rural areas than in urban areas. Nevertheless, talk of the dissolution of cities is premature. Frontier Internet technologies appear more often at establishments in urban areas, even with industry controls. Major urban areas also contain many establishments from information technology-intensive industries, whose presence could reinforce the concentration of frontier Internet technologies in these areas. However, information technology-intensive industries are numerous and widespread. Hence, so is the use of frontier technology.
ER  -