In the 1970s, spatial autocorrelation (i.e., local distance and configuration effects) and distance decay (i.e., global … distance effects) were suspected of being intermingled in spatial interaction model specifications. This convolution was first … of the role spatial autocorrelation plays in spatial interaction modeling (e.g., Griffith 1982). But methodology did not …

counties from 1989-2003. I employ and compare two well-known identification strategies in a spatial autoregressive model. I …

, leading to different expressions in demographic transition. This paper explores the spatial pattern of China's fertility, age …

college) on growth in county per capita income using a Mankiw, Romer, and Weil type model adjusted for spatial dependence and …

We estimate a negative binomial model with fixed effects to examine the impact of spatial differences in environmental … respect to ozone deter births of polluting plants, suggesting that heterogeneity in regulatory standards may create a spatial … browning process. We also find that spatial differences in environmental regulation do not play a role in the location decision …

spillovers in the neighboring metropolitan areas as well as in the metropolitan area itself. The spatial econometric analysis …

and find significant spatial variation in the determinants of migration of older people. Third, because many older …

four different econometric models, i.e., OLS, panel, and two spatial models using a South American agricultural household … data. The relationship among the econometric specifications is examined in terms of the freedom given to a spatial … autoregressive parameter. In spatial models, the spatial parameter is free within the model, but is fixed a priori in the aspatial …

spatial wage structure applies to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The first part of the study applies several spatial …

PySAL is an open source library for spatial analysis written in the object-oriented language Python. It is built upon … shared functionality in two exploratory spatial data analysis packages--GeoDA and STARS--and is intended to leverage the … components in a variety of spatial analytical problems are given, and plans for future development of PySAL are discussed. …