Information technology and the future of cities: An alternative analysis

被引:33
作者
Panayides, A
Kern, CR
机构
[1] William Paterson Univ, Dept Econ Finance & Global Business, Wayne, NJ 07474 USA
[2] SUNY Binghamton, Dept Econ, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA
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D O I
10.1080/0042098042000309757
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 [工学]; 0830 [环境科学与工程];
摘要
How will advances in telecommunications technology affect urban development? In this paper, we develop a general model where individuals involved in relationships use two modes of interaction, face-to-face and electronic communication. Each individual chooses the amount of interaction of each type to maximise her net pay-off from the relationships. Improvements in telecommunications technology may increase or decrease the demand for face-to-face interactions, depending on whether the cross-price elasticity of demand between face-to-face interactions and telecommunications is positive or negative. Embedding the model within a simple spatial framework shows that city size increases with electronic communications if the cross-elasticity is negative. The model presented here is closely related to that of Gaspar and Glaeser, and its conclusions are virtually identical, but they are derived from a simpler and arguably more descriptively accurate representation of the interdependence between face-to-face interactions and electronic communications.
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页码:163 / 167
页数:5
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