Vonk, Sebastiaan Jozef (2024) “Crossing the border” - The economic geography of cross-border hyperlink relations. Master thesis.
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Abstract
The economic geography of border regions is a debated topic in the field of economic geography, where cross-border relations are a central theme. By investigating these relations a new territorial scale could be established where border regions are not separate, but one region. Previous research has highlighted challenges in establishing such relations, including inefficiencies in resource utilisation, sociocultural barriers, and the presence of proximate but disconnected labour markets. This research examines cross-border relations through a novel method by utilising hyperlinks to approximate for cross-border relations, and tries to get a better understanding of what factors contribute to the formation of cross-border relations. With the help of a fixed effect regression it can be determined that distance to the border has a negative relationship with cross-border relationship establishment, while the number of firm ties affects cross-border relationship establishment. While the results are promising, more research into this topic is needed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Economic Geography: Regional Competitiveness and Trade (track) |
| Supervisor: | Abbasiharofteh, M. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2024 13:12 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2024 13:12 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4684 |
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