Spatial and Spatiotemporal Econometrics
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2004
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-0-7623-1148-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on econometric models that confront estimation and inference issues occurring when sample data exhibit spatial or spatiotemporal dependence. This can arise when decisions or transactions of economic agents are related to the behaviour of nearby agents. Dependence of one observation on neighbouring observations violates the typical assumption of independence made in regression analysis. Contributions to this volume by leading experts in the field of spatial econometrics provide details regarding estimation and inference based on a variety of econometric methods including, maximum likelihood, Bayesian and hierarchical Bayes, instrumental variables, generalized method of moments, maximum entropy, non-parametric and spatiotemporal. An overview of spatial econometric models and methods is provided that places contributions to this volume in the context of existing literature. New methods for estimation and inference are introduced in this volume and Monte Carlo comparisons of existing methods are described. In addition to topics involving estimation and inference, approaches to model comparison and selection are set forth along with new tests for spatial dependence and functional form. These methods are applied to a variety of economic problems including: hedonic real estate pricing, agricultural harvests and disaster payments, voting behaviour, identification of edge cities, and regional labour markets. The volume is supported by a web site containing data sets and software to implement many of the methods described by contributors to this volume.
Reviews / Votes
Ten papers consider alternative spatial and spatiotemporal econometric models and estimation methods. Journal of Economic Literature, 2005.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
623 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7623-1148-4 (9780762311484)
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Content
1) Introduction (J.P. LeSage, R. Kelley Pace). Maximum Likelihood Methods 2) Testing for Linear and Log-Linear Models against Box-Cox Alternatives with Spatial Lag Dependence (B.H. Baltagi, D. Li). 3) Spatial Lags and Spatial Errors Revisited: Some Monte Carlo Evidence (R. Dubin). Bayesian Methods 4) Bayesian Model Choice in Spatial Econometrics (L.W. Hepple). 5) A Bayesian Probit Model with Spatial Dependencies (T.E. Smith, J.P. LeSage). Alternative Estimation Methods 6) Instrumental Variable Estimation of a Spatial Autorgressive Model with Autoregressive Disturbances: Large and Small Sample Results (H.H. Kelejian, I. R. Prucha, Y. Yuzefovich). 7) Generalized Maximum Entropy Estimation of a First Order Spatial Autoregressive Model (T.L. Marsh, R.C. Mittelhammer). Nonparametric Methods 8) Employment subcenters and home price appreciation rates in Metropolitan Chicago (D.P. McMillen). 9) Searching for housing submarkets using mixtures of Linear Models (M.D. Ugarte, T. Goicoa, A.F. Militino). Spatiotemporal Methods 10) Spatio-Temporal Autoregressive Models for US unemployment rate (X. de Luna, M.G. Genton). 11) A learning rule for inferring local distributions over space and time (S.M. Stohs, J.T. LaFrance).