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Brian E. Whitacre
Researcher at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
Publications - 95
Citations - 1454
Brian E. Whitacre is an academic researcher from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rural area & The Internet. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 88 publications receiving 1119 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian E. Whitacre include Agricultural & Applied Economics Association & Virginia Tech.
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Broadband's contribution to economic growth in rural areas
TL;DR: In this article, the contribution of broadband adoption to the economic growth of rural areas of the United States over the past decade has been investigated using data from the National Broadband Map aggregated to county level.
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Infrastructure and the Rural—urban Divide in High-speed Residential Internet Access:
TL;DR: In this article, current population survey data from 2000, 2001, and 2003 are combined with novel infrastructure data to determine the relative roles of these factors in the rural-urban divide.
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Understanding the Non-Metropolitan—Metropolitan Digital Divide
TL;DR: In this article, a decomposition of separate metropolitan and non-metropolitan estimates shows that differences in household attributes, particularly education and income, account for 63 percent of the current metropolitan-nonmetropolitan digital divide.
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Does rural broadband impact jobs and income? Evidence from spatial and first-differenced regressions
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between broadband adoption/availability and jobs/income in rural areas is analyzed after controlling for a host of potentially influential variables such as age, race, educational attainment, transportation infrastructure, and the presence of natural amenities.
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An evaluation of the economic impacts of Oklahoma farmers markets.
TL;DR: This article used the IMPLAN model to estimate the impacts of farmers markets to the U.S. economy and found that farmers market activities are a vital part of Oklahoma's economy, generating total direct sales of $3.3 million, with a total economic impact of almost $6 million.