Epifani, Ilenia; Nicolini, Rosella - In: Journal of Regional Science 53 (2013) 3, pp. 481-510
type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>Working within a Bayesian parametric framework, we develop a novel approach to studying the distribution of regional population density across space. By exploiting the Gamma distribution, we are able to introduce heterogeneity across space without incurring an a priori...</p>