This article provides a systematic review of the quantitative social science research on
broadband Internet technology in rural areas. Specifically, we summarize the literature on 1) …

Unlocking the digital potential of the UK's rural areas is important for the future of rural
businesses, rural communities and the UK economy as a whole. The use of digital …

This paper examines challenges to evidence-based decision-making in the design and
implementation of rural broadband investment programs. Our focus is on Canada, and the …

We use a county-level panel dataset from 2012 to 2018 to assess the impacts of various
state policies on total and rural broadband availability in the United States. The primary …

The US rural–urban digital divide has been a policy concern for more than a decade. The
issue has intensified with the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirement that people live …

An analysis of the failure of US broadband policy to solve the rural–urban digital divide, with
a proposal for a new national rural broadband plan. As much of daily life migrates online …

Using data for remote rural US counties (n= 887) we estimate the impact of broadband
Internet access on median housing value. We account for spatial dependencies in the joint …

This paper studies the labour market effects of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), a
programme authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to promote …

Abstract In 2012, the Chicago Board of Trade eliminated a morning trading halt that
coincided with the normal publication time for important USDA commodity reports …

This paper uses data on broadband connections and the production and sales of
agricultural products to empirically estimate the impact of improved connectivity on US …