Spatial econometrics has recently been appraised in a theme issue of the Journal of Regional Science. Partridge et al. (2012) provide an overview of the three contributing papers, the most critical being Gibbons and Overman (2012). Although some of the critiques raised are valid, they are issues...

Spatial econometrics has recently been appraised in a theme issue of the Journal of Regional Science. Partridge et al. (2012) provide an overview of the three contributing papers, the most critical being Gibbons and Overman (2012). Although some of the critiques raised are valid, they are issues...

This study investigates the causes of variation in regional unemployment rates in a cross-country perspective. The explanatory variables consist of both regional-level and macro-level variables. An appropriate econometric model of random coefficients for the former and fixed coefficients for the...

type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>Este artículo amplía el modelo seminal de mercado laboral regional de Blanchard y Katz con la inclusión de efectos de interacción por medio de un enfoque de datos de panel espacial dinámico. Son tres las contribuciones clave de este modelo ampliado: (i) la...</p>