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The European Regional Convergence Process, 1980-1995: Do Spatial Regimes and Spatial Dependence Matter?

Baumont, Catherine; Ertur, Cem; Gallo, Julie Le - EconWPA - 2002

We show in this paper that spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity matter in the estimation of the b-convergence … dependence and spatial heterogeneity in the form of structural instability across spatial convergence clubs. The estimation of … the appropriate spatial regimes spatial error model shows that the convergence process is different across regimes. We …

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Space and Growth

Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …

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Misspecification in Linear Spatial Regression Models

Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2003

Spatial effects are endemic in models based on spatially referenced data. The increased awareness of the relevance of spatial interactions, spatial externalities and networking effects among actors, evoked the area of spatial econometrics. Spatial econometrics focuses on the specification and...

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The Impact of Regional Absorptive Capacity on Spatial Knowledge Spillovers

Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008

We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...

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Regional Population-Employment Dynamics across Different Sectors of the Economy

de Graaff, Thomas; van Oort, Frank G.; Florax, Raymond … - 2011

An important subset of the literature on agglomeration externalities hypothesizes thatintrasectoral and intersectoral relations are endogenously determined in models of localand regional economic growth. Remarkably, structural adjustment models describing thespatio-temporal dynamics of...

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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis using TFP

Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004

In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial...

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Regional Clusters of Innovative Activity in Europe: Are Social Capital and Geographical Proximity the Key Determinants?

de Dominicis, Laura; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, … - 2011

Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...

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Bayesian model averaging with the integrated nested laplace approximation

Gómez-Rubio, Virgilio; Bivand, Roger; Rue, Håvard - In: Econometrics 8 (2020) 2, pp. 1-15

The integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) for Bayesian inference is an efficient approach to estimate the posterior marginal distributions of the parameters and latent effects of Bayesian hierarchical models that can be expressed as latent Gaussian Markov random fields (GMRF). The...

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Hospital emergency room savings via health line S24 in Portugal

Simões, Paula; Gomes, Sérgio; Natário, Isabel - In: Econometrics 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-10

Hospital emergency departments are often overused by patients that do not really need urgent care. These admissions are one of the major factors contributing to hospital costs, which should not be allowed to compromise the response and effectiveness of the National Health Services (SNS). The aim...

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Measurement errors arising when using distances in microeconometric modelling and the individuals' position is geo-masked for confidentiality

Arbia, Giuseppa; Espa, Giuseppe; Giuliani, Diego - In: Econometrics 3 (2015) 4, pp. 709-718

In many microeconometric models we use distances. For instance, in modelling the individual behavior in labor economics or in health studies, the distance from a relevant point of interest (such as a hospital or a workplace) is often used as a predictor in a regression framework. However, in...

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