The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate two distinct models …

and to what extent the Internet will affect the location of economic activity. Even after the very substantial … making agglomeration more important. We argue that the Internet will produce more of the same forces for deagglomeration, but …. This is not likely to be affected by the Internet, which allows long distance 'conversations' but not 'handshakes.' …

so that all public schools and libraries in the U.S. will receive subsidized service to the Internet. The cost of the … of the higher taxation of interstate telephone services to fund the Internet access discounts. I estimate the cost to the …), or the efficiency loss to the economy for every $1 raised to pay for the Internet access discounts is an additional $1 …

aggregate moments from a panel of Internet users. We evaluate the fit of the model to key features of the data and use it to … compute the predictions of the supply model. We discuss how such a model can inform debates about the effects of the Internet …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …

Mediating transactions through the Internet removes important cues that salespeople can use to assess a consumer …'s willingness to pay. We analyze whether dealers' difficulty in identifying consumer characteristics on the Internet and consumers … discrimination. The second part of the paper turns to the role of the Internet. Online minority buyers who use the Internet Referral …