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Title: No Train, No Gain: A Study on How Transport Networks Spread Electrical Technology in 19th Century US

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Proximity between inventive actors is important for the spread of new ideas. However, in the current literature there is little attention to measures of accessibility - a form of functional proximity - which depend on infrastructural connections. This article tries to fill this gap by analysing the effect that railroad, canal and river connections have on the diffusion of electrical technology in US counties between 1850-1900. The results of the linear probability analysis show that both railroads and canals are linked to the probability of patenting in electrical technology within a county.

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Authors: Schellens, Maarten

Institution: Utrecht University

Department: Urban & Economic Geography

Advisor: Pierre-Alexandre Balland

Degree: M.A.

Publisher Location: Utrecht

Pages: 20

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Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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