Connected or not? The value of air connectivity for regional development in Europe
研究了2012-2019年欧洲207个NUTS-2区域机场的连通性，发现节点度（直接连接数量）对就业有持续正向影响，而最短路径和最快路径的影响不稳定，表明增加区域直接连接数量最有利于区域发展。
This paper studies the connectivity of European airports and their impact on regional development, measured by employment. It uses flight schedule data for 207 NUTS-2 regions from 2012 to 2019 in a network analysis. Statistical analysis shows that the degree grew steadily, while the shortest and quickest path connectivity decreased significantly in 2019. Moreover, the panel data analyses indicate that degree consistently positively impacts employment, whereas the significance of the shortest and quickest path’s impact is less consistent, indicating that focusing on increasing a region’s number of distinct edges might be most effective in stimulating regional development.