eprintid: 4684
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/46/84
datestamp: 2024-08-15 13:12:36
lastmod: 2024-08-15 13:12:36
status_changed: 2024-08-15 13:12:36
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Vonk, Sebastiaan Jozef
creators_id: S4560280
creators_email: sebastiaan.vonk31@gmail.com
title: “Crossing the border” - The economic geography of cross-border hyperlink relations
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2024
pages: 31
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EG_RCT
tutors_name: Abbasiharofteh, M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: m.abbasiharofteh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Cross-border relations
keywords_local: interfirm relations
keywords_local: distance
keywords_local: relationships
keywords_local: ties
keywords_local: hyperlink relations
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-07-29
comment: De gebruikte dataset is van dr. Abbasiharofteh. De scriptie zelf is niet gevoelig voor vertrouwelijke informatie of data, maar de dataset wel.
citation:   Vonk, Sebastiaan Jozef  (2024) “Crossing the border” - The economic geography of cross-border hyperlink relations.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4684/1/Masters-Thesis-final--Sebastiaan-Vonk--s4560280.docx.pdf