Problems of spatial segregation have often stressed on the social status and social capital of a neighbourhood as main driving forces behind housing price formation. In this paper, it is assumed that spatial effects are additional variables worth considering since the impact of urban policies...

The correct specification of spatial models, and especially the choice of the spatial weights matrix, represents a crucial decision for researchers using georeferenced data. However, few guidelines exist on which weights matrix is most appropriate in certain cases. This paper therefore (1)...

The objective of this paper is to advance in the discussion of the topic of heterogeneity in a spatial econometric model. The proposal is not a novelty as there is a great deal of experience accumulated on the same subject. What differentiates this work is that we use a broad notion of the term...

This paper tests the hypothesis of "conditional &bgr;-convergence" in per capita income across the United States by extending the neoclassical growth model to incorporate public capital, government taxation, and human capital, and controlling empirically for technology growth. We expand the period...

The evolution of land development in urban area has been of great interest to policy-makers and planners. Due to the complexity of the land development process, no existing studies are considered sophisticated enough. This research uses the dynamic spatial ordered probit (DSOP) model to analyse...

Although the New Economic Geography (NEG) has been used extensively to formally explain the emergence of the American urban system, few studies investigate its success in explaining current population dynamics in a more established urban system. This study explores whether proximity to...

The focus of this paper is the simultaneous growth of a system of spatial units with India the case for empirical testing. The framework used to model the multiregional dynamics is consistent with spatial theory and spatial econometrics. It builds on the work by Arbia and Paelinck, which...

Fully spatial treatments of discrete choice models are difficult to specify and can be computationally intense. Several "ad hoc" procedures have been proposed in the land use literature to mitigate the potential estimation problems caused by spatial effects. We investigate the consequences of...

We propose a spatial multinomial probit model to examine the determinants of land use change, at the parcel level, in the French "Département du Rhones" from 1992 to 2003. It is based on an economic model that assumes that landowners have a choice between four land use categories for a given...