We introduce a Bayesian hierarchical regression model that extends the traditional least-squares regression model used to estimate gravity or spatial interaction relations involving origin-destination flows. Spatial interaction models attempt to explain variation in flows from n origin regions...

Recent literature on border effect has fostered research on informal barriers to trade and the role played by network dependencies. In relation to social networks, it has been shown that intensity of trade in goods is positively correlated with migration flows between pairs of countries/regions....

We examine the provincial-level relationship between domestic Chinese intellectual property (IP) and knowledge stocks using a space–time panel model and data set covering monthly patent activity over the period 2002–2010. The goal of the modeling exercise is to explore the elasticity...