Spatial Econometrics and Spatial Statistics

SHUMING BAO Senior Researcher, China Data Centre, University of Michigan, USAKIERAN P. DONAGHY Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAJ. PAUL ELHORST Associate Professor of Regional and Labour Economics, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsBERNARD FINGLETON Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UKJOHAN F. KAASHOEK Associate professor, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, The NetherlandsHARRY H. KELEJIAN Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, USAJAMES P. LESAGE Department of Economics, University of Toledo, USADANIEL P. MCMILLEN Professor of economics and Director, Centre for Urban Real Estate, University of Illinois at Chicago, USAR. KELLEY PACE Louisiana Real Estate Chair of Real Estate, Louisiana State University, USAJEAN H. P. PAELINCK Emeritus Professor, Erasmus University, The NetherlandsMARIA PLOTNIKOVA Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USASERGIO J. REY Department of Geography, San Diego State University, USAPETER A. ROGERSON Professor of Geography, University of Buffalo, USATONY SMITH Professor of Regional Science and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USAF. JAVIER TRIVEZ Associate Professor, Department of Economic Analysis, University of Zaragoza, SpainLI-AN XU Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, USAYEVGENY YUZEFOVICH Department of Economics, University of Maryland, USA

• Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Contributions to Spatial Econometrics and Spatial Statistics; A.Getis & J.Mur Theoretical Economic Geography and Spatial Econometrics: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Evidence; B.Fingleton PART II: SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS ESTIMATION Spatial Autoregressive Local Estimation; R.K.Pace & J.P.LeSage Aggregation Bias in Maximum Likelihood estimation of spatial Autoregressive Processes; T.Smith Econometric Estimation of a Spatial Dynamic Model in Continuous Space and Continuous Time: an Empirical Demonstration; K.P.Donaghy & M.Plotnikova Using Matrix Exponentials to Estimate Spatial Probit/Tobit Models; J.P.LeSage & R.K.Pace PART III: SPATIAL DEPENDENCE AND SPATIAL ERRORS Properties of Tests for Spatial Error Components: A Further Analysis; H.H.Kelejian & Y.Yuzefovich Some Proposals for Discriminating Between Spatial Processes; F.J.Trivez & J.Mur Serial and Spatial Error Dependence in Space-Time Models; J.P.Elhorst Spatial Dependence in the Evolution of Regional Income Distributions; S.J.Rey PART IV: SPATIAL PATTERNS AND LOCAL SPATIAL ANALYSIS On Connectropy; J.F.Kaashoek, J.H.P.Paelinck & H.G.Zoller Locally Weighted Regression and Time-Varying Distance Gradients; D.P.McMillen The Statistical Significance of the Maximum Local Statistic; P.A.Rogerson Detecting Spatial Clusters: A Bayesian Approach with Application to Identifying Disability Patterns in Mississippi and Alabama; X-A .Xu & S.Bao Bibliography Author Index Subject Index