The rapid advances in computer technology give regional scientists the opportunity to employ data sets that are much larger than those currently in use. Increasingly, metadata are being created in order to give researchers a better understanding of the qualities of data sets. Nonetheless, a...

In this paper, the authors discuss a number of general issues that pertain to the interface between GIS and spatial analysis. In particular, they focus on the various paradigms for spatial data analysis that follow from the existence of this interface. They outline a series of questions that...

In this paper we estimate the amount by which firms` labor costs are increased by compliance with affirmative action regulations imposed on federal contractors for 160 SMSAs in 1980. The paper focuses on determining the cause(s) for variation in these "compliance costs" across SMSAs and in...