Path dependence and the geography of infrastructure networks: the case of the European fibre-optic network

Sandra Vinciguerra and Koen Frenken

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2015, vol. 8, issue 2, 169-179

Abstract: We analyse the path dependent dynamics in the formation of new infrastructure using an augmented gravity model. We observe that the formation of the pan-European telecommunication backbone has been dependent on pre-existent European transportation networks, particularly, the maritime and railway networks. Cities that were already central in these transportation networks were more likely to get connected through fibre-optic networks than other cities. Our study can be considered as a first attempt to analyse, in a quantitative manner, the path dependent dynamics in the formation of new infrastructure. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Internet; Evolutionary theory; Gravity model; O30; R10; R11; R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s12076-014-0122-2

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