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| Author: | Gaspar, J. Glaeser, E. |
| Title: | Information technology and the future of cities |
| Journal: | Journal of Urban Economics
1998 : JAN, VOL. 43:1, p. 136-156 |
| Index terms: | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUTURE URBAN AREAS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Will improvements in information technology eliminate face-to-face interactions and make cities obsolete? In this paper, the authors present a model where people make contacts and choose a mode of interaction: meeting face-to-face or communicating electronically. Cities are a means of reducing the fixed travel costs involved in face-to-face interactions. When telecommunications technology improves, there will be two opposing effects on cities and face-to-face interactions. |
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