The IX World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association aims, as usual, at bringing together economists, econometricians and regional scientists to discuss the present achievements and future challenges in spatial data analysis.

The 2013 SEA World Conference plans to explore empirical, theoretical and methodological themes, including: Economic Growth, Knowledge Diffusion, Labor Market and Migration, Explanatory spatial data analysis, Bayesian methods, Health, Criminology, Environmental Economics and Energy, Spatial data...