Telecommunications Demand and Impacts in the Regional Economy

电信需求及其对区域经济的影响

• 批准号: 9810127
• 负责人: Jean-Michel Guldmann
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ohio State University Research Foundation -DO NOT USE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-15 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9810127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Telecommunications; Demand; Impacts; Regional; Economy

The study addresses various past claims about the importance of telecommunication flows in modern spatial economies. Such claims have rarely been subject to empirical scrutiny, and this study is an empirical project with two specific aims: (1) To uncover the spatial structure and socio-economic determinants of regional, point-to-point telecommunication flows; and (2) to understand the economic and locational impacts of telecommunications on urban and regional systems. The empirical analysis makes use of a 5% random sample of all telephone calls within a region carrying details of callers, locations called, business sector (if applicable) etc. These data are to be matched with a variety of census materials to examine telecommunications demand and resulting regional economic impacts. GIS tools are used for the database matching. New spatial interaction models of telecommunication flows will be specified and estimated, and then used to examine flow elasticities with respect to distance and prices. In addition, inter-industry links will be explored, especially the role of spatial structure and how these interactions vary over time. A model will be developed of the impacts of telecommunications on rural development, office relocation, work at home, and urban interdependencies (i.e., changes in the urban hierarchy). The results of the study are important to the formulation of policies on infrastructure modernization, reduction of regional inequalities, and decentralization of economic activities.

这项研究涉及过去关于电信流动在现代空间经济中的重要性的各种主张。这种说法很少受到实证审查，本研究是一个实证项目，有两个具体目标：（1）揭示空间结构和社会经济的决定因素，区域，点对点电信流量;（2）了解电信对城市和区域系统的经济和区位影响。实证分析使用了5%的随机抽样的所有电话在一个区域内携带呼叫者的详细信息，呼叫的位置，商业部门（如果适用）等这些数据将与各种普查材料相匹配，以检查电信需求和由此产生的区域经济影响。GIS工具用于数据库匹配。新的空间相互作用模型的电信流量将被指定和估计，然后用来检查流量弹性的距离和价格。此外，还将探讨行业间的联系，特别是空间结构的作用以及这些相互作用如何随着时间的推移而变化。 将建立一个电信对农村发展、办公室搬迁、在家工作和城市相互依存关系（即，城市等级制度的变化）。 研究结果对于制定基础设施现代化、减少区域不平等和经济活动分散化的政策具有重要意义。