Abstract This paper investigates the sensitivity of hedonic models of house prices to the spatial interpolation of measures of air quality. We consider three aspects of this question: the interpolation technique used, the inclusion of air quality as a continuous vs discrete variable in the...

Abstract The regional economic convergence/divergence issue has been discussed extensively recently, but results obtained are not always interpretable unequivocally as a consequence of the different estimation strategies used. As it is widely recognized, the most common theoretical framework...

<title>Abstract</title>In this editorial we summarize and comment on papers published in issue 8.2. The first paper is ‘New Economic Geography and Reunified Germany at Twenty: A Fruitful Match?’ by Frank Bickenbach & Eckhardt Bode. Next comes ‘The Role of the Human Capital, Market Potential and Natural...

<title>Abstract</title> In this editorial we summarize and comment on papers published in issue 7.4. The first paper is ‘Spatial Econometrics of Innovation: Recent Contributions and Research Perspectives’, by Corinne Autant-Bernard. Then we have the contribution by Martin Andersson & Jan Weiss on...

<title>Abstract</title> In this editorial we summarize and comment on papers published in issue 8.1. The first paper is ‘Predation in Space’ by Stefano Colombo. Next comes Arnab Bhattacharjee & Sean Holly's paper entitled ‘Understanding Interactions in Social Networks and Committees’. We then comment...

In this editorial, we summarize and comment on the papers published in Issue 9.3. The first paper is entitled 'The Magnitude and Distance Decay of Trade in Goods and Services: New Evidence for European Countries', by Martin J. Burger, Mark J. P. M. Thissen, Frank G. Van Oort and Dario Diodato....