Hans, L. (2016) The mediating role of settlement patterns on start-up activity in the urban-rural space. Master thesis.
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Abstract
This study addresses the mediating role of settlement patterns in the relationship between urbanization and start-up activity. The results show that settlement patterns can explain some of the ambiguous results found in previous research: the relationship between urbanization and start-up rates becomes more similar between countries when controlling for the regional context by including a spatially lagged urbanization variable and variables measuring the distance to urban centers. Therefore, the wider regional context should be taken into account when studying urban-rural relationships. Remarkably, the effect of urbanization on start-up activity is shown to be negative. However, increasing distance from an urban center has a negative effect on start-up rates. This implies that a region does not have to be very highly urbanized itself to be conducive for start-up activity; however, a region does have to be close to an urban center, preferably a larger one.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Sciences (Research) |
| Supervisor: | Koster, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:21 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:21 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/838 |
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