Broadband internet and protests: Evidence from the Occupy movement

IF 4.5 3区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2022.100982
Guilherme Amorim , Rafael Costa Lima , Breno Sampaio
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This paper investigates the influence of broadband internet availability in the occurrence of events of civil unrest. Using collected data on 2011’s Occupy Movement in the U.S., we find that each new Internet Service Provider (which is associated to an increase in broadband penetration) accounts for an increase between 1 and 3 p.p. in the probability of observing protests in a given location. Results are consistent when analyzing county-level data for the contiguous U.S., for each different U.S. region separately (Northeast, Midwest, South and West), and when analyzing city-level data for California.

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本文研究了宽带网络的可用性对内乱事件发生的影响。利用收集到的2011年美国占领运动的数据,我们发现每个新的互联网服务提供商(这与宽带普及率的增加有关)在给定地点观察到抗议活动的可能性增加了1到3个百分点。在分析美国相邻地区的县级数据、美国每个不同地区(东北部、中西部、南部和西部)以及加州的市级数据时,结果是一致的。
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期刊介绍: IEP is an international journal that aims to publish peer-reviewed policy-oriented research about the production, distribution and use of information, including these subjects: the economics of the telecommunications, mass media, and other information industries, the economics of innovation and intellectual property, the role of information in economic development, and the role of information and information technology in the functioning of markets. The purpose of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum for theoretical and empirical research that addresses the needs of other researchers, government, and professionals who are involved in the policy-making process. IEP publishes research papers, short contributions, and surveys.
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