The economic impact of broadband deployment in Kentucky

Badasyan, Narine; Shideler, David; Taylor, Laura

Journal Article

The economic impact of broadband deployment in Kentucky

Abstract: Significant resources are being invested by government and the private sector in broadband infrastructure to increase broadband deployment and use. With a unique dataset of broadband availability (sorted by county), the authors assess whether broadband infrastructure has affected the industrial competitiveness of Kentucky counties. Their results suggest that broadband availability increases employment growth in some industries but not others.

Keywords: Kentucky; Economic development;

Status: Published in The Third Annual Conference of the Business & Economics Research Group (BERG), in St. Louis, June 2007.