Despite spatial statistics and spatial econometrics both being recent sprouts of the general tree ""spatial analysis with measurement""—some may remember the debate after WWII about ""theory without measurement"" versus ""measurement without theory""—several general themes have emerged in...

Socio-economic interrelationships among regions can be measured in terms of economic flows, migration, or physical geographically-based measures, such as distance or length of shared areal unit boundaries. In general, proximity and openness tend to favour a similar economic performance among...