This publication's aim is to celebrate the 100th issue of Statistics in Transition new series and the 30th anniversary of the launch of the journal. The book features several 'special issues' of Statistics in Transition new series focusing on specific topics of current research interest released...

We introduce a new methodology to detect and measure economic activity using geospatial data and apply it to steel production, a major industrial pollution source worldwide. Combining plant output data with geospatial data, such as ambient air pollutants, nighttime lights, and temperature, we...

A common problem in historical research involves harmonizing geographic units across time or different levels of aggregation. One approach is to use " crosswalks" that associate factors located within one geographic unit to different " reference" units based on relative areas . We develop an...