Introduction -- Regression Discontinuity Design: When Series Interrupt -- Propensity Score Matching: When Units Meet -- Difference-in-Differences: When Time and Space Matter -- A Synthetic Control Approach to Evaluate Local Policies -- Methods for Ex Ante Evaluation.

Introduction -- The Theoretical Building Blocks for Technology and Industrial Parks -- Definitions and Key Terms -- Cultivating Innovation in Parks -- Evidence for Emerging Economies -- Evaluating Park Performance -- Are Parks in Emerging Countries Delivering? -- All Things Considered.

This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. The book not only presents different model specifications and their corresponding estimators, but...

1 Quantile Regression: An Overview. 2 Linear and Nonparametric Quantile Regression -- 3 A Quantile Regression Analysis of Assessment Regressivity.-4 Quantile Version of the Spatial AR Model -- 5 . Conditionally Parametric Quantile Regression.- 6 Guide to Further Reading -- References

The availability of spatial databases and widespread use of geographic information systems has stimulated increasing interest in the analysis and modelling of spatial data. Spatial data analysis focuses on detecting patterns, and on exploring and modelling relationships between them in order to...