%0 Thesis
%9 Master
%A Vonk, Sebastiaan Jozef
%D 2024
%F theses_frw:4684
%P 31
%T “Crossing the border” - The economic geography of cross-border hyperlink relations
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4684/
%X 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.